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The Warriors
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
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Darby Creek Pub., |
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c2003. |
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117 p. ; |
| ISBN: |
1581960026 |
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61 copies available at Aspen Hill Library, Bethesda Library, Chevy Chase Library, Damascus Library, Davis Library, Marilyn J. Praisner Library, Gaithersburg Library, Germantown Library, Kensington Park Library, Little Falls Library, Olney Library, Poolesville Library, Potomac Library, Quince Orchard Library, Rockville Library, Silver Spring Library, Wheaton Library, White Oak Library, and Longbranch Library.
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To the Iroquois, the game of lacrosse was more than recreation, more than competition. It was sacred. Young men and old played for Elder Brother, He Who Loves to Watch the People Play. Jake always remembered this. One of the best players on the reservation, he felt at home with his people and with himself.
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Opening with fast-paced sketches of a lacrosse game and punctuated by the reverent thoughts of a teenage Iroquois player, Bruchac's (Pocahontas, reviewed below) contemporary novel will draw in both sports enthusiasts and those with an interest in Native American culture. Jake Forrest, who has grown up on the "rez," leaves it to live with his widowed mother, a high-powered attorney. When he enters an exclusive boys' prep school, he learns that it has made room for him based on his lacrosse prowess; student life revolves around the game. Thanks to his gifts, Jake seems to gain acceptance easily. However, his teammates' and coach's well-meaning but ignorant remarks leave Jake isolated and increasingly aware of the enormous differences in their values. Only after the coach is seriously injured does Jake find a way to explain the spiritual dimensions of lacrosse and to embody the Iroquois ideal: "To be a true warrior meant you had to love peace and keep that love of peace in your heart." While the plot seems contrived to deliver the lesson, and while Jake, in all his perfection and purity, seems more paragon than a flesh-and-blood character, Bruchac offsets these drawbacks with the smoothness of the prose and the beauty of his evocation of Native American spirituality and wisdom traditions. Readers will want to believe in the story and in Jake. Ages 9-11. (Aug.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
From: Reed Elsevier Inc.
Copyright Reed Business Information
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Chapter 1 In the Box |
p. 5 |
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Chapter 2 The Creator's Game |
p. 14 |
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Chapter 3 The Drumbeat |
p. 19 |
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Chapter 4 Deer Run |
p. 25 |
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Chapter 5 Weltimore |
p. 35 |
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Chapter 6 The Cabinet |
p. 46 |
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Chapter 7 Her Decision |
p. 57 |
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Chapter 8 Drills |
p. 63 |
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Chapter 9 Another Day |
p. 72 |
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Chapter 10 Coach Scott's Story |
p. 78 |
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Chapter 11 Game Day |
p. 83 |
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Chapter 12 Running Home |
p. 88 |
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Chapter 13 Shot |
p. 96 |
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Chapter 14 Secure |
p. 99 |
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Chapter 15 All Play |
p. 108 |
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Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
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ISBN:
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1581960026 (hbk.) : $15.95
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ISBN:
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1581960220 (pbk) : $4.99
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Personal Author:
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Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
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Title:
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The Warriors / by Joseph Bruchac.
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Publication info:
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Plain City, OH : Darby Creek Pub., c2003.
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Physical descrip:
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117 p. ; 20 cm.
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Contents:
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Box -- Creator's game -- Drumbeat -- Deer run -- Weltimore -- Cabinet -- Her decision -- Drills -- Another day --Coach Scott's story -- Game day -- Running home -- Shot -- Secure -- All play -- Warrior's home.
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Abstract:
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Jake has left the reservation for Weltimore Academy and entered a different world. Everyone there loves lacrosse, but no one understands it the way Jake does, as an Iroquois. And no one understands Jake either. To the Iroquois, the game of lacrosse was more than recreation, more than competition. It was sacred. Young men and old played for Elder Brother, He Who Loves to Watch the People Play. Jake always remembered this. One of the best players on the reservation, he felt at home with his people and with himself. Then his mother took a job in Washington, D.C., and Jake entered a very different world. Weltimore Academy became his new home, living there as a boarding student while his mom traveled. Others at the school loved lacrosse, too, but not like Jake. Coach Scott trained them hard, offering violent stories about Indians that Jake knew were untrue. How could he make them understand the real game? Until they did, they would never understand him -- or understand the heart of a warrior.
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Subject term:
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Lacrosse Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Iroquois Indians Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Boarding school students Fiction.
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