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Author Capaldi, Gina.

Title A boy named Beckoning : the true story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American hero / adapted and illustrated by Gina Capaldi.

Publication Info. Minneapolis [Minn.] : Carolrhoda Books, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 MONTEZUMA    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB MONTEZUMA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies  J B MONTEZUMA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J BIO MONTEZUMA, CARLOS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 970.004 MONTEZUMA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J970.1 MON    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  JB MONTEZUMA    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department  J B MONTEZUMA    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  JB-MONTEZUMA, C.    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Children's Department  JB-MONTEZUMA, C.    Check Shelf

Description 32 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.0 1.0 120885.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Audience Ages 8-12.
Summary This story reveals the life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, who was kidnapped from his tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy traveled throughout the Old West, bearing witness to the poor treatment of Native Americans. Carlos eventually became a doctor and leader for his people.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32).
Subject Yavapai Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Biography.
Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923 -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923.
Yavapai Indians -- Biography.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Southwest, New -- Biography.
Indigenous peoples -- Southwest, New -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 0822576449 reinforced $16.95
9780822576440 reinforced $16.95
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