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Bruchac, Joseph

The Heart of a Chief

153 pp. | Dial | October, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-2276-1 $$15.99
(3) 4-6 In a slice-of-life story, a young Penacook Indian begins attending junior high school off the reservation and confronts a number of issues facing contemporary Native Americans. Chris leads a group of students who question the use of Native names for school sports teams and helps his people heal a rift over casino gambling. The smoothly written first-person narrative is never weighed down by the serious topics it explores.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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