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Crooked River Paperback - 2007

by Pearsall, Shelley

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In the year 1812, a white trapper is murdered and a young Chippewa Indian stands accused. In a world of crude frontier justice where evidence is often overlooked in favor of vengeance, he struggles to make sense of the white man's court.

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  • Title Crooked River
  • Author Pearsall, Shelley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yearling
  • Date 2007-03-13
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0440421012_new
  • ISBN 9780440421016 / 0440421012
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.62 x 5.31 x 0.65 in (19.35 x 13.49 x 1.65 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 850
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Trials (Murder), Indians of North America
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007280871
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

The year is 1812. A white trapper is murdered. And a young Chippewa Indian stands accused. Captured and shackled in leg irons and chains, Indian John awaits his trial in a settler's loft. In a world of crude frontier justice where evidence is often overlooked in favor of vengeance, he struggles to make sense of the white man's court. His young lawyer faces the wrath of a settlement hungry to see the Indian hang. And 13-year-old Rebecca Carver, terrified by the captive Indian right in her home, must decide for herself what--and who--is right. At stake is a life. Inspired by a true story, Crooked River takes a probing look at prejudice and early American justice.From the Hardcover edition.

From the publisher

A former teacher and museum historian, Shelley Pearsall is now a full-time writer. Her first novel, Trouble Don’t Last, won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. She lives in Silver Lake, Ohio.


From the Hardcover edition.

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The year is 1812. A white trapper is murdered. And a young Chippewa Indian stands accused.
Captured and shackled in leg irons and chains, Indian John awaits his trial in a settler's loft. In a world of crude frontier justice where evidence is often overlooked in favor of vengeance, he struggles to make sense of the white man's court. His young lawyer faces the wrath of a settlement hungry to see the Indian hang. And 13-year-old Rebecca Carver, terrified by the captive Indian right in her home, must decide for herself what--and who--is right. At stake is a life. Inspired by a true story, "Crooked River takes a probing look at prejudice and early American justice.

"From the Hardcover edition.

Media reviews

Humanity and justice don’t always join hands as 13-year-old Rebecca Carver painfully discovers; especially when it’s 1812 in a small frontier settlement and a young Chippewa Indian is being held captive for the crime of murdering a white trapper. When her ironhanded Pa chains the “savage” in their loft until his trial, an unspoken bond slowly forms that defies prejudice and incites courage as Indian John and Reb sneak small trinkets to each other. The tandem telling in Reb and Indian John’s voices creates an immediacy of the times when red and white cultures clashed and human convictions could decide a conviction of death. As the trial begins, a young, inexperienced lawyer, a childhood friend of Indian John who’s sweet on Reb’s older sister, tries logic to preclude the hanging. This vivid look into the reality of crude frontier life and justice is outstanding historical fiction. Based on a true story, O’Dell winner Pearsall documents her painstaking research. As Reb tries to sustain a life, Pearsall brings a snapshot of history to life. (bibliography) (Historial fiction. 9-13) -- Kirkus Reviews, starred.


From the Hardcover edition.

About the author

A former teacher and museum historian, Shelley Pearsall is now a full-time writer. Her first novel, Trouble Don't Last, won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. She lives in Silver Lake, Ohio.