JUST ONE INDIAN BOY

by Elizabeth Witheridge ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 20, 1974

Andy is not so much a typical ""one Indian boy"" as a composite blueprint for upward mobility, and while his developing maturity and social conscience are easy to approve of and applaud, they are very difficult to get involved with. The low point in Andy's life comes when he runs away from the high school where he has trouble both with lessons and his fellow students to work in a logging camp kitchen, but -- thanks to the fatherly interest of the Indian cook and a dedicated teacher -- Andy is soon on a track that leads to the University of Minnesota, social work with an Indian girl Tamara, and a projected teaching career. In addition to Tamara, Andy acquires two white friends Marty and Angela (they might as well be called Ken and Barbie); the best that can be said for this foursome is that their interaction -- whether helping the less fortunate, discussing the future or visiting Andy's reservation home -- is calculatedly wholesome.

Pub Date: March 20, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 224

Publisher: Atheneum

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1974

Categories: FICTION