Joseph Bruchac Books
The earth under Sky Bear's feet
A retelling of twelve tales from various North American Indian cultures describing how Sky Bear, the Big Dipper, sees the earth from the sky.
Read More
The first strawberries
A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.
Read More
My Name Is America: The Journal Of Jesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note...
Read More
Hidden Roots
Although he is uncertain why his father is so angry and what secret his mother is keeping from him, eleven-year-old Sonny knows that he is different from his classmates in their small New York town.
Read More
Skeleton man
After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life.
Read More