A Boy Called Slow

The True Story of Sitting Bull

By: Joseph Bruchac

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Paperback | 23 March 1998 | Edition Number 1

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32 Pages

Age
4 - 8

Grade
2 - 3

Dimensions(cm)
0.3 x 19.9 x 25.8

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Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name: Sitting Bull. ?Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist?Bruchac?s sensitively told history of Sitting Bull?s coming-of-age reassures young boys that success comes through effort, not birth.? --Booklist ?Satisfying for its attention to historical and multicultural issues; stirring in its consummate storytelling.? --Publishers Weekly ?The pictures evoke a sense of timelessness and distance, possessing an almost mythic quality that befits this glimpse into history.? --Horn Book

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"Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist: he grew up to be Sitting Bull. Bruchac's sensitively told story of Sitting Bull's coming-of-age reassures young boys that success comes through effort, not birth." --Booklist "Satisfying for its attention to historical and multicultural issues; stirring in its consummate storytelling." --Publishers Weekly

"The pictures evoke a sense of timelessness and distance, possessing an almost mythic quality that befits this glimpse into --Horn Book

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