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  • A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull

A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull

Author
Joseph Bruchac
Publication Date
March 23, 1998
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull
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Description
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. Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist
Publication date
March 23, 1998
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780698116160
Lexile Measure
760
Guided Reading Level
U
Publisher
Puffin Books
BISAC categories
JNF007050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural Heritage
JNF007020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Library of Congress categories
Indians of North America
Sitting Bull
Dakota Indians
Joseph Bruchac
Joseph Bruchac is a highly acclaimed children's book author, poet, novelist and storyteller, as well as a scholar of Native American culture. Coauthor with Michael Caduto of the bestselling Keepers of the Earth series, Bruchac's poems, articles and stories have appeared in hundreds of publications, from Akwesasne Notes and American Poetry Review to National Geographic and Parabola. He has authored many books for adults and children including Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Skeleton Man, and The Heart of a Chief. For more information about Joseph, please visit his website josephbruchac.com.
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