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A Boy Called Slow

Joseph Bruchac

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.

An ALA Notable Book

"Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist: he grew up to be Sitting Bull. Bruchac's sensitively told story of Sitting Bull's coming-of-age reassures young boys that success comes through effort, not birth." —Booklist

GenresJuvenile NonfictionPeople & PlacesUnited StatesNative AmericanBiography & AutobiographyHistorical

32 pages

English edition · First published 1998 by Penguin Young Readers Group · ISBN 9780698116160

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