Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 1980 life is hard on the Tuscarora Reservation in upstate New York, and most of the teenagers feel like they are going nowhere: Carson Mastick dreams of forming a rock band, and Maggi Bokoni longs to create her own conceptual artwork instead of the traditional beadwork that her family sells to tourists--but tensions are rising between the reservation and the surrounding communities, and somehow in the confusion of politics and growing up Carson...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.
Five girls. Three generations. One great American love story. You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse. Ranee, worried that her children are losing their Indian culture; Sonia, wrapped up in a forbidden...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Columbia Pike Teen Book Club - Nov 2023 - Native American History Month
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Indigenous Authors: Books for Teens
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Indigenous Authors: Books for Teens
Description
Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request