The World in Grandfather's Hands - Hardcover

Strete, Craig Kee

9780395721025: The World in Grandfather's Hands

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395721024 ISBN 13: 9780395721025

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1995

When he and his mother move from their Native American pueblo to Grandfather Whitefeather's house in the city, eleven-year-old Jimmy struggles to adjust to white urban society, with the help of his grandfather's wisdom.

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About the Author:

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to a Cherokee father and a white mother, Craig Kee Strete earned his B.A. in theater arts at Wright State University and his M.F.A. in creative writing at the University of California at Irvine. He is the author of several novels, short-story collections, and picture books for children, as well as novels, stories, and plays for adults. His play Paint Your Face On A Drowning In The River was the 1984 Dramatists Guild/CBS New Plays Program first place winner. More books from Craig Strete are available at: http://ReAnimus.com/store/?author=Craig Strete

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-7?Fine contemporary fiction set in an unnamed part of the Southwest. After his father's death, resentful, 11-year-old Jimmy and his mom move from the pueblo to Grandfather Whitefeather's house in the city. Stunned by the urban life of the underclass, Jimmy struggles to adjust. He fights his elders' efforts to help him learn survival skills and accept this new circumstance. When his mother reveals the tragedy of her forced sterilization at the hands of white doctors and her promise to her husband that their only child would be educated in the white men's world so he could "...defend us against all the lies and treacheries and untruths," Jimmy feels unjustly burdened. Yet he slowly comes to see through his grandfather's vision: "Just one day at a time. Dream and do one day's work to make it true and a promise as big as forever didn't seem so long." Powerfully spare prose shapes this subtle, quiet, and paradoxically angry book. Deft characterization of the family members brings each one alive through well-placed observations. Just enough background sets the scene. Strete creates a world of bitter, bewildered people who find serenity from their inner resources. They also possess the spiritual key to taking back their power in the midst of injustice.?Jacqueline Elsner, Athens Regional Library, GA
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