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Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After Justine's father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout member of the Holiness Church-a community that Justine at times finds stifling and terrifying. But she does her best as a devoted daughter, until an act of violence sends her on a different path forever....
3) Maud's line
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Eastern Oklahoma, 1928. Eighteen-year-old Maud Nail lives with her rogue father and sensitive brother on one of the allotments parceled out by the U.S. government to the Cherokees when their land was confiscated for Oklahoma's statehood. Maud's days are filled with hard work and simple pleasures, but often marked by violence and tragedy, a fact that she accepts with determined practicality. Her prospects for a better life are slim, but when a newcomer...
Author
Publisher
Inkshares, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In May 1941, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, hums with talk of spring flowers, fishing derbies, and the growing war in Europe. And for the Blackwell sisters, who reside in a quiet neighborhood boarding house, the winds of change are blowing. Bessie Blackwell, copy room manager at Phillips Petroleum and faithful churchgoer, is the reluctant owner of a new pair of glasses. The young women in the office swear by Bessie's romantic advice, despite the fact she's...
5) Trophy buck
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Excited to go on his first family hunting trip, twelve-year-old Rodney learns Cherokee traditions, gun safety, and patience.
Author
Publisher
Loose Leaves Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Book Boy, a brilliant young slave from Cherokee Territory, named for his unique and forbidden ability to read. Longing to live in freedom, he engineers an escape from the Cherokee plantation where he was raised. Guided by Jumping Ben, a Cherokee hunter, obstacles and enemies conspire to make their journey to freedom an extremely dangerous one."--Publisher's description.
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