Super Short Summary

Set in 1942 western North Carolina during WWII, Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle tells the coming-of-age story of Cowney Sequoyah Jr., a 19-year-old orphaned Cherokee boy who works at Asheville’s Grove Park Inn and faces complex challenges including the deaths of close relatives, a tumultuous relationship, and suspicion in the disappearance of a diplomat’s child. The narrative includes mentions of death by suicide and child death.