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A Boy Called Slow

The True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac.

Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name: Sitting Bull.

Subject
biographyhistorysocial science
Genre
coming of age
Themes
diversitynative american
Audience
picture bookschildrens

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