In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing.
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- ISBN: 9780525475477
- Author: Carvell, Marlene
- Published: 2005 , Dutton Juvenile
- Themes: Identity, Indian boarding school, Indigenous, Siblings
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), United States
- No. of pages: 256