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Racing the Sun (Avon Camelot Books)

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By Paul Pitts
Publisher Avon
Racing the Sun (Avon Camelot Books)
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Being an American in ian wasnt something twelveyearold Brandon Rogers liked to advertise. His father had left his Indian heritage behind when he went to college and Brandon had grown up in suburbiajust a regular kid. Who neededembarrassing mumbojumbo to make you look different? But then Brandons Navajo grandfather moved off the reservation and into the lower bunk in Brandons room!It wasnt easy having a roommate who chanted himself to sleep and got you out of bed before sunrise to race the sun. But now Brandons learning lessons hell never forget. Like how to take on the old ways without giving up the new. And how to grow up proud and strong ... with a heritage as real as an old mans love.

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34895 words34,895 words
150 pages150 pages
Lexile 720LLexile 720L
Grade 4 to 7Grade 4 to 7
Published 1988Published 1988

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0380754967

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