Moccasin Thunder
American Indian Stories for Today
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 4, 2005
The ten stories that make up this collection are raw, original, and fresh.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in varied stories about American Indians today.
- Themes
- Contemporary American Indian stories, Varied everyday settings
- Genres
- YA Short Stories, Native American YA, Indigenous Voices for Teens
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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.
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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.
Where it sits
| Native American YA | 78% |
|---|---|
| YA Short Stories | 74% |
| Indigenous Voices for Teens | 66% |
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Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- YA Ghost Stories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Nature Stories for Teens
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- Canada for Teens
- Native American YA
- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Sci-Fi Romance
- Authors
- Lori Marie Carlson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 4, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Contemporary American Indian stories · Varied everyday settings
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men