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Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall
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Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall
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Mar 13, 2007 | ISBN 9780440421016

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Humanity and justice don’t always join hands as 13-year-old Rebecca Carver painfully discovers; especially when it’s 1812 in a small frontier settlement and a young Chippewa Indian is being held captive for the crime of murdering a white trapper. When her ironhanded Pa chains the “savage” in their loft until his trial, an unspoken bond slowly forms that defies prejudice and incites courage as Indian John and Reb sneak small trinkets to each other. The tandem telling in Reb and Indian John’s voices creates an immediacy of the times when red and white cultures clashed and human convictions could decide a conviction of death. As the trial begins, a young, inexperienced lawyer, a childhood friend of Indian John who’s sweet on Reb’s older sister, tries logic to preclude the hanging. This vivid look into the reality of crude frontier life and justice is outstanding historical fiction. Based on a true story, O’Dell winner Pearsall documents her painstaking research. As Reb tries to sustain a life, Pearsall brings a snapshot of history to life. (bibliography) (Historial fiction. 9-13) — Kirkus Reviews, starred.

Awards

Maine Student Book Master List WINNER 2007

New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children’s Book Master List WINNER 2006

2000 International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards SUBMITTED

Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award NOMINEE

Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award NOMINEE

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