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Promising life : coming of age with America : a novel
Author: McCully, Emily Arnold

Publisher: Scholastic (2017)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 296 p., 21 cm

BTSB No: 622424

ISBN: 9780439314459

Ages: 12-16

Grades: 7-11

Subjects:
Charbonneau, Jean-Baptiste, -- 1805-1866 -- Fiction
Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 -- Fiction
Racially mixed people -- Fiction
Native Americans -- North America -- Fiction
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction

Price: $6.50

Summary:
All his life Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacagawea and a French fur-trapper, has lived in two worlds: the Westernized world of his godfather, William Clark, and the frontier world beyond St. Louis--but he is troubled by the way Americans mistreat tribes like the Osage, Arikara, and Mandan, and as a man of mixed ancestry, he must ultimately choose which of the two heritages is more important to him.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.70
   Points: 12.0   Quiz: 190144

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 9-12
   Reading Level: 4.70
   Points: 19.0   Quiz: 71004

Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (-) (05/01/17)
School Library Journal (-) (05/01/17)

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