Posts Tagged ‘Native American’
Choke Creek
Bridle Pass Press, 2008
Fiction/Historical Fiction
ISBN: 0615220118
299 pages
Synopsis
Set in the vivid, clear light of the West, Choke Creek tells the story of two families who trace their roots to the Indian Wars. Fifteen-year-old Evie Glauber is descended from the newspaperman who reported on the famous Battle of Choke Creek, while Eason Swale, the boy she loves, is the great-grandson of a cavalryman who fought in it. Eason enlists in the Army and goes to Vietnam, but when he comes back a deserter, everything Evie believes in is thrown into question—including the truth about what really happened on the banks of Choke Creek. …
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Face
Hanging Loose Press, 2009
Poetry
ISBN: 1931236704
160 pages
Synopsis
Sherman Alexie puts together a collection of poems he’s written throughout his life thus far to give a glimpse into his life, travels, past and many of the elements about the current state of the world that he’s constantly wrestling with. Much like the rest of his work, it’s peppered with comedic approaches to difficult things. …
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The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316013684
240 pages
National Book Award Winner
Synopsis
Told from the first person narrative of Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, the story chronicles a year in his life as a Spokan Indian from Wellpinit, WA, as he bravely decides to go to a high school outside of the reservation in a neighboring White town. Forced to overcome his insecurities as an ethnic outsider and his handicaps and speech impediments having been born with water on the brain, Junior discovers that choosing hope and pursuing his dreams will be the most difficult thing he’s ever done. …
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