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Bearstone

Will Hobbs

1989154 pagesabout 2–4 hours
1989
first published
  • 1989Atheneum · 154 pages · ENGISBN 9780689314964
  • 2004Aladdin · 154 pages · ENGISBN 9780689870712
  • 1993Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9781417706082
  • 1993Harcourt · ENGISBN 9780153003684
  • 2004Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9781417740376
  • 1991HarperTrophy · 160 pages · ENGISBN 9780380712496
  • 1999Rebound by Sagebrush · ENGISBN 9780833564382
  • 2004Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaISBN 9780606326841

A DRAMATIC TALE OF GRIZZLIES AND GOLD Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm. In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear. Knowing that his people, the Utes, have a special relationship with bears, he keeps the small stone, hoping it will bring him strength. A terrible blow-up with Walter ends in near disaster, but the old man offers Cloyd one last chance: They'll ride together into the mountains to reopen Walter's abandoned gold mine. Among the high peaks that harbor Colorado's last grizzlies, Cloyd's courage and loyalty will be tested to the limit.

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