ADULT
Released: May 1, 1999
"Omakayas cannot find her way back to happiness until an odd old woman tells her the truth of her past, in a novel that is by turns charming, suspenseful, and funny, and always bursting with life. (Fiction. 10-14)"
With this volume, Erdrich (Grandmother's Pigeon, 1996, etc.) launches her cycle of novels about a 19th-century Ojibwa family, covering in vivid detail their everyday life as they move through the seasons of one year on an island on Lake Superior.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 31, 2001
"What's amazing here is Rain's insight into her own pain, and how cleanly she uses language to contain it. (Fiction. 11-14)"
Tender, funny, and full of sharp wordplay, Smith's first novel deals with a whole host of interconnecting issues, but the center is Rain herself.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2002
"It is a realistically heartening story for teenagers who have a battle to fight, and might also be useful for sparking class discussion. (Fiction. 12-17)"
Evan is a typical high-school student who chooses an a-typical, unpopular position: to ask the PTA to withdraw his school's Indian mascot.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2003
"This collection may need some advertising, but readers who discover it will come to appreciate the tales. (Short stories. 10-15)"
A superb storyteller, Tingle has collected Choctaw tales from his great-grandfather's account of the Trail of Tears to his own tale of a summer with his father.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2005
"With its multicultural themes and well-told WWII history, this will appeal to a wide audience. (author's note, bibliography) (Fiction. 10+)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
"As such, it will make for engaging and dynamic use in the English or Social Studies classroom—as well as for rich individual reading. (editor's note, introduction, author bios) (Fiction. 12+)"
"What a wonderful time to be an American Indian!" begins the introduction to this collection of ten excellent stories that encompass a diversity of experience.
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