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The Arrow Over the Door

by Joseph Bruchac

In the year 1777 a group of Quakers and a party of Indians have a memorable meeting.

At the End of Ridge Road

by Joseph Bruchac

This colorful memoir from one of our best-known Native American writers explores the links between Bruchac's native Abenaki culture and his long-held views on human dignity and social justice.

Bearwalker

by Joseph Bruchac

When Baron arrives at the camp in the Adirondacks, he senses something sinister about the man who wears a bear claw necklace. He's heard the Native American legend of evil men who can walk the earth as a bloodthirsty combination of man and bear, but Baron never thought he'd come face to face with the legend.

Bearwalker

by Joseph Bruchac Sally Wern Comport

As a member of the Mohawk Bear Clan, Baron has always been fascinated by bears--their gentle strength and untamed power.

Bowman's Store: A Journey to Myself

by Joseph Bruchac

The author shares in this memoir how he came to fully understand, and eventually claim, his Native American heritage, despite his grandparents' unspoken pact to never discuss Grandpa's Abenaki blood.

A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull

by Joseph Bruchac

His father had earned the name Returns Again to Strike the Enemy, his uncle Four Horns--good, strong names. But the boy, born many winters ago to the Hunkpapa band of the Lakota Sioux, was called Slow.

Breaking Silence

by Joseph Bruchac

The Asian American experience is expressed poetically in a anthology of contributions from contemporary Asian American poets.

Children of the Longhouse

by Joseph Bruchac

Eleven-year-old Ohkwa'ri and his twin sister must make peace with a hostile gang of older boys in their Mohawk village during the late 1400s.

Code Talker

by Joseph Bruchac

Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language.

The Dark Pond

by Joseph Bruchac

As soon as he arrives at the North Mountains School, Armie senses something strange about the dark pond in the forest. An eerie presence haunts his dreams and calls to Armie, begging him to come out and play. But Armie knows this is no game.

The Dark Pond

by Sally Wern Comport Joseph Bruchac

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.

Dawn Land: A Novel

by Joseph Bruchac

An action-packed adventure story spun in authentic native oral tradition, Dawn Land unfolds about ten thousand years ago, in the area now known as New England. A shadow is crossing over the land, and the village's finest son must meet the threat.

Eagle Song

by Joseph Bruchac

After moving from a Mohawk reservation to Brooklyn, New York, fourth grader Danny Bigtree encounters stereotypes about his Native American heritage.

Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear: Stories from Native North America

by Joseph Bruchac

"A collection of traditional tales which present the heritage of various Indian nations, including the Wampanoag, Cherokee, Osage, Lakota, and Tlingit."

Foot of the Mountain and Other Stories

by Joseph Bruchac

From one of our country's most prolific and renowned Indian authors comes a pleasingly diverse gathering of myths and legends, essays, short stories and journal entries.

The Girl Who Married the Moon: Stories from Native North AmericS

by Joseph Bruchac Gayle Ross

A companion volume to Bruchac's Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear, this anthology focuses on the role of women in traditional Indian cultures.

The Heart of a Chief

by Joseph Bruchac

An eleven-year-old Penacook Indian boy living on a reservation faces his father's alcoholism, a controversy surrounding plans for a casino on a tribal island, and insensitivity toward Native Americans in his school and nearby town.

Heroes and Heroines, Monsters and Magic: Native American Legends and Folktales

by Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac, part Abenaki Indian, narrates folktales carried down through the oral traditions of the People of the Long House.

Hidden Roots

by Joseph Bruchac

Eleven-year-old Sonny and his mother can't predict his father's sudden abusive rages. Jake's anger only gets worse after long days at the paper mill -- and when Uncle Louis appears.

Jim Thorpe, Original All-American

by Joseph Bruchac

A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on his early athletic career.

The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 (My Name is America Series)

by Joseph Bruchac

A fictional diary account of the Trail of Tears told from the point of view of a teenage boy.

Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children

by Michael J. Caduto Joseph Bruchac

This book, featuring the complete, unabridged stories from "Keepers of the Earth" & "Native American Stories," represents the art of traditional Native American storytelling at its best.

Lasting Echoes: An Oral History of Native American People

by Joseph Bruchac

Using the compelling testimony of more that one hundred Native Americans, American Book Award Winner Joseph Bruchac tell the histories of seven generations of Native American people.

Long River: A Novel

by Joseph Bruchac

An exquisite tale of friendship, courage, trust and adventure, Long River enriches the reader with a broader understanding of the life ways and highly developed value systems of native people. Sequel to Dawn Land.

March Toward the Thunder

by Joseph Bruchac

Louis Nolette is a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada who is recruited to fight in the northern Irish Brigade in the war between the states. Even though he is too young, and not American or Irish, he finds the promise of good wages and the Union's fight to end slavery persuasive reasons to join up.

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