Sees Behind Trees
  • Published:
    May-1999
  • Formats:
    Print / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    16th Century
  • Pages:
    112
  • Age Level:
    09-12
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The best adolescent fiction offers more than an escape from teenage turmoil; it instructs as it entertains, giving young readers a view into lives--fictional though they may be--outside their own. Without sentimentality or preachiness but with clear awareness of this power, Michael Dorris tells the story of Walnut, a young Native American boy. Because Walnut can`t see well, he has difficulty meeting the challenges, especially feats of skill with bow and arrow, that prove he is ready to receive a new name and become an adult. When a sympathetic uncle invents a new contest to "" see what can`t be seen,"" the boy`s other senses bring success and earn him the name Sees Behind Trees. Dorris could easily stop there, but he nudges the youngster onward through a series of trials that show adulthood is about more than getting there. (Ages 8 and up)

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    • First Edition
    • May-1999
    • Hyperion
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0786813571
    • ISBN13: 9780786813575
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    • Jan-1996
    • Scholastic
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0590108514
    • ISBN13: 9780590108515
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    • Oct-1997
    • Hyperion
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0786812524
    • ISBN13: 9780786812523
    •  
    • Oct-1996
    • Hyperion
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0786822155
    • ISBN13: 9780786822157
    •  
    • Oct-1996
    • Hyperion
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0786802243
    • ISBN13: 9780786802241
    •  
    • Oct-1997
    • Hyperion
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0786812907
    • ISBN13: 9780786812905
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    • May-1999
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0606128077
    • ISBN13: 9780606128070
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Jun-1999
    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0780777395
    • ISBN13: 9780780777392
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Jun-1999
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 061305850X
    • ISBN13: 9780613058506
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Dec-1997
    • Listening Library
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0807279560
    • ISBN13: 9780807279564



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