Bearstone

A Dramatic Tale of Grizzlies and Gold
Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm.
In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear. Knowing that his people, the Utes, have a special relationship with bears, he keeps the small stone, hoping it will bring him strength. A terrible blow-up with Walter ends in near disaster, but the old man offers Cloyd one last chance: they'll ride together into the mountains to reopen Walter's abandoned gold mine. Among the high peaks that harbor Colorado's last grizzlies, Cloyd's courage and loyalty will be tested to the limit.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/2004
ISBN: 9780689870712
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.26w x 0.45d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 5057 / Bearstone
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6