A boy called slow / Joseph Bruchac Illustrated by Rocco Baviera

By:

Bruchac, Joseph, (1942-)

Contributor(s):

Baviera, Rocco, Illustrator

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : The Putnam&Grosset, 1994.Edition: 1994Description: 31 pages : Color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

9780698116160

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DDC classification:

978.004975

LOC classification:

E99.D1

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Summary: he True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac. 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. An ALA Notable Book "Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist: he grew up to be Sitting Bull. Bruchac's sensitively told story of Sitting Bull's coming-of-age reassures young boys that success comes through effort, not birth." --Booklist

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus TK Primary Library Room(4th Floor), Bookcase 5&6, Shelves 33-56, Orange Books	Non-Fiction	BRU 978.004975 E99.D1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	2024-2264

he True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac. 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. An ALA Notable Book "Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist: he grew up to be Sitting Bull. Bruchac's sensitively told story of Sitting Bull's coming-of-age reassures young boys that success comes through effort, not birth." --Booklist

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