Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Jim Thorpe : original All-American / Joseph Bruchac. - New York : Boston, Mass. : Dial Books ; [In association with] Walden Media, c2006. - 277 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-276).

Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2006 Publisher's Weekly, July 2006 Booklist, June 2006 Horn Book, April 2007 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2006 Kirkus Review, June 2006 Library Media Connection, January 2007 Multicultural Review, March 2007

A biographical novel in which Native American athlete and Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe discusses his life, focusing on the years he spent at Pennsylvania's Carlisle School where coach Pop Warner first recognized Thorpe's abilities.

5.5 5-8 Follett Library Resources



0803731183

2005032173


Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953 --Fiction.


Athletes--Fiction.
Native Americans--United States--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

GV697.T5 / B77 2006

[Fic] 796.092 B