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By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780142412336
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Focusing on Jim Thorpe's years at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian School, this title brings his early athletic career to life, while also dispelling some myths about him and movingly depicting the Native American experience at the turn of the 20th century. Photos.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780142402290
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2004
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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From the bestelling author of "The Heart of a Chief" comes the story of Saxso, a Canadian Abenaki youth whose village is attacked during the war between the British and the French in 1759. When his mother and two sisters are taken hostage, it's up to Saxso to bring his family home.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780142409473
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Told in an engagingly wry narrative voice, this exciting fantasy by the award-winning author of "Code Talker" is woven from classic elements of folklore, romance, and adventure.


(Hardback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9781419757198
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2023
Publisher: Abrams
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(Hardback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9781419746574
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2020
Publisher: Abrams
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(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780698116160
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Mar 1998
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name--Sitting Bull.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780061123153
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Baron has never believed in the Native American legends about bearwalkers--bloodthirsty combinations of bear and man. But on a class camping trip deep in the Adirondacks, he comes face to face with an evil being that is all too real.


(Hardback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780803729216
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Mar 2005
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Bruchac brings to life for young adults the stories of some of the unsung heroes of World War II--the young Navajo men who were a crucial part of the American effort in sending and receiving messages that used their native language. Young Adult.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780142414460
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Louis Nolette is a 15-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada who is recruited tofight in the northern Irish Brigade in the war between the states. Chock-fullof historical facts and details, this carefully researched book gives readersnew insight into some of the untold stories and unsung heroes of the AmericanCivil War.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780061123214
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jul 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9781984815392
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy."--


(Hardback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780803721685
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Bruchac uses drama to tell seven different stories from Native American traditions including the Abenaki, Ojibway, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Snohomish, Tlingit, and Zuni. 8 full-color and 30 b&w illustrations.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9781984814838
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 2019
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"Heroes and trickster, wise elders and wily creatures -- you will meet them all in these seven plays adapted from Native American tales"--Back cover.


(Hardback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780803732704
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2012
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Rabbit loves the winter. He knows a dance, using a traditional Iroquois drum and song, to make it snowNeven in springtime! The other animals don't want early snow, but Rabbit sings and dances until more and more snow falls. But how much snow is too much, and will Rabbit know when to stop Full color.


(Hardback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780593326213
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 2021
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic"--


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780142422984
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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From the acclaimed author of "Code Talker" comes a compelling new work of historical fiction about Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee alphabet.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780698116474
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 1998
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
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A companion to the bestselling "Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back", this volume features 12 unforgettable stories of the living earth as seen from the sky.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780140564099
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jun 1998
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780060580926
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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In this long-awaited sequel to the award-winning "Skeleton Man," Bruchac revisits his most terrifying villain yet. An ALA Notable Book and "School Library Journal" Best Book. Illustrations.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9781581960228
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2004
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
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Jake has left the reservation for Weltimore Academy and entered a different world. Everyone there loves lacrosse, but no one understands it the way Jake does, as an Iroquois.


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780698115842
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 1997
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
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Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London collaborate to reveal the beauty of the natural world around us, while Thomas Locker's illustrations honor both Native American legends and the varied American landscape. Full color.


(Hardback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9780735228863
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Canada Ltd
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In 1932, 12-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian in this tale of identity and friendship by the author of "Code Talker."


(Paperback)

By: Joseph Bruchac

ISBN: 9781571312754
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2005
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
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Bruchac reveals the linkage between his Abenaki heritage and his long-held views about human dignity and social justice. Through these stories, he emphasizes ideas that are important to many native tales, including understandings of time, ownership of land, and "the circle as a way of seeing."