Sweetgrass Basket
by Carvell, Marlene
Jane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner BALA Notable/Best BooksSchoolGrowing UpTheftsSiblingsIndigenous PeoplesPoetry/Rhymes
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AR Book Level
5.0
AR Points
5
Word Count
31,627
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
102732 EN
About this book
In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (established in 1879 to educate Native Americans) as they try to assimilate into white culture, and one of them is falsely accused of stealing.