The ten stories that make up this collection are raw, original, and fresh. Although they are all about American Indians, they are as different from one another as they are from anything you've read before.

A supermarket checkout line, a rowboat on a freezing lake at dawn, a drunken dance in the gym, an ice hockey game on public-access TV. These are some of the backgrounds against which ten outstanding authors have created their memorable characters. Their work -- both poignant and funny, sarcastic and serious -- reminds us that the American Indian story is far from over -- it's being written every day.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 10/04/2005
ISBN: 9780066239576
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.74d

Review Citations: Booklist 08/01/2005 pg. 2016
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2005 pg. 1023
School Library Journal 12/01/2005 pg. 141
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2006 pg. 222 - Recommended
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2006 pg. 489 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 160 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Multicultural Review 10/01/2006 pg. 99

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 102503 / Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 6