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This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir (Scholastic Focus)
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Pascal Casimier
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Eddie Chuculate
About this listen
Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice.
Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and thoughtfully designed works of narrative nonfiction aimed at middle-grade and young adult listeners. These books help listeners learn about the world in which they live and develop their critical thinking skills so that they may become dynamic citizens who are able to analyze and understand our past, participate in essential discussions about our present, and work to grow and build our future.
"Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was fifteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I'd sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you can be a sixteenth of anything."
Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood.
Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate brings his childhood to life with spare, unflinching prose. This book is at once a love letter to his Native American roots and an inspiring and essential message for young listeners everywhere, who are coming of age in an era when conversations about acceptance and empathy, love and perspective are more necessary than ever before.
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- Linette Factor
- 11-18-23
This Indian Kid
I loved how I was able to associate myself with the authors upbringing. I would recommend it to all the Muscogee (Creek) people.
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- Laura E. L. Moore
- 11-21-23
A Snapshot in Time
Straightforward and immersive. I loved it. It was an easy listen and just felt like time travel to an extraordinary and ordinary childhood. I think anyone can relate to this.
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- Jacqueline Barrett
- 01-09-24
a great remembrance!
This book was genuine. It reminded me of how things were in Oklahoma when I was a teenager. It's a great story for all to enjoy.
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