The heart of a chief : a novel / by Joseph Bruchac.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: 153 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0803722761
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.B82816 He 1998
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Bruchac, Joseph | Available | 33111002829774 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Chris Nicola lives on the Penacook Indian Reservation and goes to school in town. School is great, but at home the Penacook are divided over building a casino on a beautiful island Chris thinks of as his own. What can one sixth-grade boy do?
An eleven-year-old Penacook Indian boy living on a reservation faces his father's alcoholism, a controversy surrounding plans for a casino on a tribal island, and insensitivity toward Native Americans in his school and nearby town.