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A brown bird singing

by Frances Wosmek · 1986

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Left by her father to be raised by his white friends in a small Minnesota town, a Chippewa Indian girl is afraid he will return and take her away from the only family she remembers.

Themes
Native AmericanNative AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
MinnesotaMinnesotaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 120 pages

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