The Indian School

When shy, ten-year-old Lucy comes to live with her aunt and uncle at their mission school, she's surprised at the number of harsh rules and restrictions imposed on the children. Why, she wonders, should the Indians have to do all the changing? And why is her aunt so strict with them? Then a girl called Raven runs away in protest, and Lucy knows she must overcome her timidity and stand up to her aunt—no matter what the consequences. Once again Gloria Whelan has taken a chapter from our past and transformed it into gripping, accessible, historically accurate fiction.

1996 'Pick of the Lists' (ABA)

Author Biography:

Gloria Whelan is a poet and the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Homeless Bird winner of the National Book Award; Return To The Island; Once On This Island, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; Farewell To The Island; and Miranda's Last Stand. She lives with her husband, Joseph, in the woods of northern Michigan.