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Collection
Description
An eleven-year-old Penacook Indian boy living on a reservation faces his father's alcoholism, a controversy surrounding plans for a casino on a tribal island, and insensitivity toward Native Americans in his school and nearby town.
Publication
New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, c1998
Awards
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2003)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 1999)
CCBC Choices (1998)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (New Hampshire)