$8.95 (Paperback)
Crazy Horse's Vision 
By Joseph Bruchac
Illustrated by S. D. Nelson
9781584302827
Crazy Horse is among the best known Native American heroes. Yet many people do not know his boyhood name was Curly, inspired by his curly hair.
Curly was a leader even as a young boy, taming wild horses and hunting powerful buffalo. But all his bravery could not prepare him for the trouble he and the other Lakota Indians would face with the white settlers. Wanting to help his people after a fierce battle that mortally wounded Chief Conquering Bear, Curly defied traditional custom and risked his own life by running away, up to the hills, to seek a vision.
Renowned Abenaki author Joseph Bruchac tells a gripping and compelling story of how the dedicated young boy, Curly, grows into the brave warrior Crazy Horse. Sioux artist S.D. Nelson, with paintings inspired by the ledger book style of the Plains Indians, evokes the drama and tragedy of an important figure in American history.
- Awards
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"Choices"
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
"Starred Review"
Kirkus Reviews
ALA Notable Children's Book
American Library Associations
Teacher's Choices
International Reading Association (IRA)
Parent's Choice Gold Award
More awards... - Interest Level
- Grades 1 - 5
- Reading Level
- Grade 3
- Themes
- Biography, Heroism, Native American Interest, Responsibility
- Accelerated Reader
- Level: 4.0
Points: .5
Joseph Bruchac is an Abenaki Indian. He is among the most respected and widely published Native American authors, with over 100 titles in print. A Rockefeller Fellow and an NEA Poetry Writing Fellow, he was the 1999 recipient of the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition to writing, Bruchac is an editor at Greenfield Review Press, a literary publishing house he co-founded with his wife. They live in Greenfield Center, New York, in Bruchac's childhood home. To find out more about Joseph Bruchac, visit josephbruchac.com
S. D. Nelson is a former middle school art teacher and is now a full-time artist. He has illustrated many book, some of which he also wrote, all dealing with Native American traditions and people. He has collaborated with Joseph Bruchac several times. He is of Lakota (Sioux) descent and lives with his wife in Chandler, Arizona.
