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c2007., Black Cat : Distributed by Publishers Group West Call No: Science Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2007]., Adolescent, Black Cat,imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Call No: Fantasy Fic Alexie Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Flight follows a troubled foster teenager--a boy who is not a "legal" Indian because he was never claimed by his father. The journey begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence. At the moment of decision, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why "Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s." Red River is only the first stop in an eye-opening trip through moments in American history. He will continue traveling back to inhabit the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Bighorn and then ride with an Indian tracker in the nineteenth century before materializing as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today. During these furious travels through time, his refrain grows: "Who's to judge?" and "I don't understand humans."
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c2013., William Morrow Call No: Historical FIC Kline Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life, answers that will ultimately free them both. Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are." -- from publisher's description.
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[2021]., Milkweed Editions Call No: Historical Fic Wilson Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After her father disappears into the woods outside their home, Rosalie Iron Wing leaves to live with a foster family who also are the descendants of the Dakhóta people. While her father taught her about the land and the history of their people, her foster family teachers her about the iron will of the Dakhóta women. After surviving the death of her husband, a white farmer, Rosalie returns to the family cabin where she grew up and reflects about her people's struggle for survival, comparing it to a cache of her heirloom seeds passed down through generations.
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Call No: NL REALISTIC F HOB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface--that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American backgrounds and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah's feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both"--
