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165 pp.
| Abrams/Amulet
| November, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4197-0785-8$16.95
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Jim Yellowhawk.
Jimmy McClean is Lakota, but his father is half-Scottish and Jimmy is blonde and blue-eyed. His grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, helps Jimmy understand his native heritage on a modern-day road trip inspired by Crazy Horse's life. Although Jimmy's questions and comments are a clunky device for Grandpa to recount historical and biographical information, the Lakota author offers an authentic voice. Bib., glos.