Recommended Native American Fiction

My most recent and personal favorite is Tucket's Travels: Francis Tucket's Adventures in the West, 1847-1849 (Books 1-5) (The Francis Tucket Books) by Gary Paulsen. Francis is captured by some Pawnee Indians and makes some unlikely friends throughout the book making for an exciting and action-packed adventure!

• Log Cabin in the Woods, A True Story about a Pioneer Boy by Joanne Lander Henry
• The Great Eagle Spirit by Hal Granum
• The River People by Kristen N Bailey
• The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter and Rennard Strickland
• Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes
• The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
• Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• Daughter of the Suqua by Diane Johnston Hamm
• Dove Dream by Hendle Rumbaut
• Eagle Song by Joseph Bruchac
• The Heart of the Chief by Joseph Bruchac
• Longwalker's Journey: A Novel of the Choctaw Trail of Tears by Beatrice O. Harrell
• Morning Girl by MichaelnDorris
• Owl in the Cedar Tree by Natachee Scott Momaday
• Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Sees Behind the Trees by Michael Dorris
• The Window by Michael Dorris

"The Light In The Forest"

by Conrad Richter

The Light In The Forest is a book about choices, and how they affect you if you make the right one or the wrong one. In this story John is forced to make these different choices. At the age of four, John Butler is kidnapped by a tribe of hostile Indians. As the years passed, so did John's memory and he did not remember his real family.

Through the years, John gets renamed and is now addressed as, True Son. As True Son gets older he is getting accustomed to the Indian lifestyle. True Son gets reunited with his real family but has a hard time facing the fact that he is not Indian. Throughout the book True Son learns his true identity and the lies his Indian family told him are finally revealed.

In my opinion, this book could be hard to get into for some people, and for some readers it could get boring. It's also a shorter book than most books on the subject of Indians and settlers. The author could've gone into more detail about John's experience in the Indian lifestyle. Overall, it was decent book, but I wouldn't recommend it for readers who just want a good book, but I would recommend other books on this subject. For a complete list of my recommendations please follow this link.

Five Things To Do When It's Raining

1. Read a book.
I know sometimes you don't have a great book to read but like me and my dad recently began reading Tucket's Travels. It's been a great solution for passing some time while it rains plus it's a good story.

2. Play board games.
I know it sounds really lame but when you play it with others, you end up enjoying yourself whether you like it or not.

3. Build a fort.
This is great fun constructing the fort and being able to spend the night in it. If you get the whole family involved it's even better.

4. Take a nap.
If your lucky your book will put you to sleep and you'll be taking a nap, by the time you wake the rain should have stopped.

5. Paint your child's room.
 My mom is painting my room, you'll get bored sure but once you see your child's face it will be worth it.