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Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
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Sequoyah, 1770?-1843 -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
Cherokee Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
Cherokee language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile fiction.
Language and languages -- Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction.
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Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Sequoyah, 1770?-1843 -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
Cherokee Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
Cherokee language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile fiction.
Language and languages -- Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction.
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Talking leaves / Joseph Bruchac.
by
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Puffin Books, 2017, c2016.
Call #:
FICTION
BRU
Subjects
Sequoyah, 1770?-1843
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Fathers and sons
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Cherokee
Indians
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Cherokee
language
--
Alphabet
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Language
and languages
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Indians of North America
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
ISBN:
9780142422984 (trade pbk.)
Description:
235 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes a note about the historical Sequoyah, the
Cherokee
syllabary, a glossary of
Cherokee
words, and suggestions for further reading.
Summary:
"Thirteen-year-old Uwohali has not seen his father, Sequoyah, for many years. So when Sequoyah returns to the village, Uwohali is eager to reconnect. But Sequoyah’s new obsession with making strange markings causes friends and neighbors in their tribe to wonder whether he is crazy, or worse—practicing witchcraft. What they don’t know, and what Uwohali discovers, is that Sequoyah is a genius and his strange markings are actually an
alphabet
representing the sounds of the
Cherokee
language
."--From publisher.
Genre:
Historical
fiction
,
Juvenile
.
Holds:
0
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Status
Alderney Gate Public Library
Children's Fiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
FICTION BRU
Childrens Books
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Sackville Public Library
Children's Fiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
FICTION BRU
Childrens Books
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