18 books like Bearstone

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In the Heart of the Rockies G. A. Henty · 1894 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Challenging An adventure filled with ingenuity and perserverance begins when 16-year-old Tom Wade leaves England, orphaned and facing a questionable future, in search of his Uncle Harry in America. The story follows Tom as he travels West to find his uncle with a band of comrades in Colorado's Rocky Mountain wilderness questing a gold mine. They are all pursued across the Bad Lands by Indians, overcome by a… Shares: Coming of age in fiction, Indians of North America in fiction, Indians of North America, Coming-of-age

Zia Scott O’Dell · 1976 · ★ 3.8 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Shares: Indians of North America in fiction, Indians of North America, Children's fiction

Jim & me Dan Gutman · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate He was the world's greatest athlete, and a hero — until his medals were taken away.Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a favor. He wants Stosh to take him back in time to meet Native American Jim Thorpe — an Olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. Thorpe went on to play professional baseball and football, but he could never again achieve such fame. His name was… Shares: Indians of North America in fiction, Indians of North America, Children's fiction

Elan, son of two peoples Heidi Smith Hyde · 2014 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate In 1898, just after his Bar Mitzvah, thirteen-year-old Elan and his family travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he meets his mother's family and participates in the Pueblo ceremony of becoming a man. Shares: Indians of North America, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton · 1974 · ★ 3.1 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Hamilton’s classic coming-of-age tale: The National Book Award– and Newbery Award–winning novel about a young man who must choose between supporting his tight-knit family and pursuing his own dreams Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind him is his family’s beloved house at the foot of a mountain that strip mining has reduced to… Shares: Coming of age in fiction, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Ghost Hawk Susan Cooper · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 171p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler endangers them both in this “simply unforgettable” (Booklist, starred review) adventure story from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper.On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow and arrows, his handcrafted tomahawk, and the amazing metal knife his father traded for with the new white… Shares: Indians of North America, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Centennial 1 James A. Michener · 1974 · ★ 4.5 · 932p · ≈ 31h · Moderate Product Description: A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold… Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

The reluctant dragon Kenneth Grahame · 1938 · ★ 4.0 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Challenging The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and especially St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern? Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

The dark pond Joseph Bruchac · 2004 · ★ 3.4 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The author of Skeleton Man returns with another chilling tale.What kind of sinister creature lurks in the dark pond in the forest? Armie can feel it calling to him . . . and he suspects the answer may lie in the legends of his Shawnee ancestors.Joseph Bruchac, the award-winning author of Skeleton Man, puts a contemporary spin on Native American lore to create a terrifying tale of monsters and… Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

Agostino Alberto Moravia · 1944 · ★ 3.5 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Thirteen-year-old Agostino is spending the summer at a Tuscan seaside resort with his beautiful widowed mother. When she takes up with a cocksure new companion, Agostino, feeling ignored and unloved, begins hanging around with a group of local young toughs. Though repelled by their squalor and brutality, and repeatedly humiliated for his weakness and ignorance when it comes to women and sex, the… Shares: Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

A quiet kind of thunder Sara Barnard · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Steffi doesn't talk. Rhys can't hear. They understand each other perfectly. Love isn't always a lightning strike. Sometimes it's the rumbling roll of thunder ... Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - she's been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He's deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she's… Shares: Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

The girl who loved wild horses Paul Goble · 1978 · ★ 3.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free. Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

Canyons Gary Paulsen · 1990 · ★ 3.8 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Finding a skull on a camping trip in the canyons outside El Paso, Texas, Brennan becomes involved with the fate of a young Apache Indian who lived in the late 1800s. Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

Voices Ursula K. Le Guin · 2006 · ★ 3.8 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors. Shares: Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Wind on the River Laurie Lawlor · 2000 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, where he confronts his prejudices and learns what heroism really means. Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

Dogsong Gary Paulsen · 1985 · ★ 4.3 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare… Shares: Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Sisters in Sanity Gayle Forman · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Where are they taking me?""It's for your own good, Brit," Dad said.I was shoved into a small, stuffy room, and the door was locked behind me. I waited for my dad to realize he'd made a terrible mistake and come get me.But he didn't.For sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, it's hard to know who she can trust. Convinced she's out of control, her father has sentenced her to Red Rock: a center for… Shares: Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy Jon Scieszka · 1992 · ★ 3.8 · 70p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

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