Hidden Roots

Modern Age
Hidden Roots Author: Bruchac, Joseph Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Modern Age Time Frame: 1930–1949 Geographic Area: North America Country: United States Topics: Abenaki Nation, Indigenous Americans Genre: Fiction Reading Age: Upper Middle Grade Format: Chapter Book Published: 2011

American History > Modern Age > Indigenous American History

"Hidden Roots" focuses on the greater impact that the generations of Abenaki that followed had to deal with. Readers will learn about the loss of identity, history and culture;lack ofself worth and fear that Abenaki people were feeling, and still feel today. Middle grade readers love to see life as "being fair", and will totally understand that life is not fair in this story. This is a book that should be read in every middle school class, so that this history will not be forgotten, and never be repeated.

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