Eagle Song, Joseph Bruchac
Eagle Song, Joseph Bruchac
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Eagle Song

Author: Joseph Bruchac

Narrator: Joseph Bruchac

Unabridged: 1 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2011

Synopsis

Danny Bigtree’s family has moved to a new city, and no matter how hard he tries, Danny can’t seem to fit in. He’s homesick for the Mohawk reservation where he used to live, and the kids in his class call him “Chief” and tease him about being an Indian—the thing that makes Danny most proud. Can he find the courage to stand up for himself?

About Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac is the author of Skeleton Man, The Return of Skeleton Man, Bearwalker, The Dark Pond, and Whisper in the Dark, as well as numerous other critically acclaimed novels, poems, and stories, many drawing on his Abenaki heritage. Mr. Bruchac and his wife, Carol, live in upstate New York, in the same house where he was raised by his grandparents. You can visit him online at www.josephbruchac.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail

When fourth-grader Danny Bigtree and his family move to the city from their Mohawk reservation in upstate New York, he quickly finds that he is the odd-man-out at his Brooklyn school. Not sure how to make friends, or how to deal with the ridicule of his peers, Danny turns to his father's stories of......more

Goodreads review by Alicia

Danny is in the city after moving away from the reservation for a better job for his mother while his father works jobs away from home in construction. What his father continues to instill in Danny is the Iroquois/Mohawk traditions that his father was raised with and that Danny should hold close in......more

Goodreads review by Christina

Felt short...I'd have liked to have had more.......more

Goodreads review by Brittany

Puffin Books, 1999, 96 pgs., Genre: Fiction, Grade level: 3-5, GR level: S, Lexile level: 680L Eagle Song is an inspiring novel due to its positive perspective and outlook on tradition mixed with modern day life. This book reveals how an individual named Danny Bigtree can learn to live with the strug......more

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“This appealing portrayal of a strong family offers an unromanticized view of Native American culture, and a history lesson about the Iroquois Confederacy; it also gives a subtle lesson in the meaning of daily courage.” Publishers Weekly

“This timely story should offer much to young listeners, particularly those who feel lost or left out.” AudioFile

“With so many Native American stories set in the misty past, it’s great to read a children’s book about an Iroquois boy who lives in the city now…The purposive information and message are lightened by family jokes that mock solemn Hollywood stereotypes…and show the loving intimacy between people who can tease each other and laugh together.” Booklist

“A worthy, well-written novella.” Kirkus Reviews

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