| Reservation Blues Contributor(s): Alexie, Sherman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802141900 ISBN-13: 9780802141903 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: In this bestselling winner of the American Book Award, the life of Spokane Indian Thomas Builds-the-Fire irrevocably changes when blues legend Robert Johnson miraculously appears on his reservation and passes the misfit storyteller his enchanted guitar. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.42" W x 8.28" (0.63 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Locality - Spokane, Washington |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 57115 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sherman Alexie has been hailed as "one of the best writers we have" (The Nation). Reservation Blues is his "irresistibly stunning debut novel" (San Francisco Chronicle). One day legendary bluesman Robert Johnson appears on the Spokane Indian reservation, in flight from the devil and presumed long dead. When he passes his enchanted instrument to Thomas-Builds-the-Fire--storyteller, misfit, and musician--a magical odyssey begins that will take them from reservation bars to small-town taverns, from the cement trails of Seattle to the concrete canyons of Manhattan. This is a fresh, luxuriantly comic tale of power, tragedy, and redemption among contemporary Native Americans. |