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Gr 4–7—Bruchac has crafted a tale of depth and universal humanity in this fictionalized account of Sequoyah, the creator of the Cherokee syllabary, and his son, Jesse. Struggling with gossip and whispers about his father, Jesse must decide whether to embrace the vision his father has for his people or to distance himself even further fro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Told in a conversational voice, Bruchac's novel introduces Sequoyah through the first-person narration of Uwohali, his oldest son. In the nineteenth-century culture of the Tsalagi (Cherokee) nation, wives could ask their husbands to leave their houses and thus divorce them. That is precisely what Uwohali's mother did, and his father, Sequoyah, moved out, subsequently remarrying, fathering a daughter, and working on his now-famous Cherokee syllabary. But when Sequoyah returns to Uwohali's village, many of th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the nineteenth-century Tsalagi nation, thirteen-year-old Uwohali's father, Sequoyah, moved out, subsequently remarrying, fathering a daughter, and wo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More