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Author:

Nelson, N. A.

Title:

Bringing the boy home / N.A. Nelson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

211 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Coming of age--Juvenile fiction.
Senses and sensation--Juvenile fiction.
Extrasensory perception--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of South America--Amazon River Region--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Rain forests--Juvenile fiction.
Amazon River Region--Juvenile fiction.
Miami (Fla.)--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

2010-11 Mark Twain Award Nominee

Summary:

As two Takunami youths approach their thirteenth birthdays, Luka reaches the culmination of his mother's training for the tribe's manhood test while Tirio, raised in Miami, Florida, by his adoptive mother, feels called to begin preparations to prove himself during his upcoming visit to the Amazon rain forest where he was born.

ISBN:

0060886986 (trade bdg.)
9780060886981 (trade bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)172521621

LCCN:

2007031702

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)