There there : a novel / Tommy Orange.
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TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]Edition: 1st edDescription: 294 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780525520375Subject(s): Indians of North America -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Powwows -- Fiction | FICTION / Literary | FICTION / PoliticalAdditional physical formats: Online version:: There thereDDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3615.R32 | T48 2018Other classification: FIC019000 | FIC037000 Summary: ". . . tells the story of twelve characters, each of whom have private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and has come to the powwow to dance in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and unspeakable loss"--Dust jacket.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/ORA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 10/11/2022 | 39844500060328 |
"This is a Borzoi book . . ."--T.p. verso.
Library Journal Starred, April 2018
Booklist starred, May 2018
Pub Weekly, April 2018
Kirkus Starred, April 2018
New York Times, June 2018
". . . tells the story of twelve characters, each of whom have private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and has come to the powwow to dance in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and unspeakable loss"--Dust jacket.
HL 810 Lexile.
Adult Follett School Solutions.
Reading Counts RC 6.3 18.0
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