Katherine Von Ahnen

Based on an actual historical event, young readers will easily understand and identify with the problems Naosaqua faces—change, loss, young love, adn the true meaning of friendship and courage—and realize that their own problems are not so different after all.
Ages 9-12

Charlie Young Bear lives with his family on the Mesquakie reservation in Tama, Iowa. They are poor, but Charlie has a dream of owning a red and silver bicycle. One day, the tribe learns that it will soon receive a large sum of money in settlement of a treaty with the U.S. government. When the mon...