Bone Man: A Native American Modoc Tale

By Laura Simms

Book Overview

On the day that you were born, Kokolimalayas, the Bone Man, drank the river dry and devoured all the people except you and me. When you are old enough to be a warrior, you will bring the waters back and people will live here once again.Ever since he was a young boy, Nulwee has been told the frightening story of the Bone Man by his Grandmother. She has always warned him that if he was to wake the enormous skeletal creature, that he would then have to defeat him in battle to save their village. Nulwee lives in dread of that moment. How will a small boy be able to destroy the fearless Bone Man?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786800895
• ISBN13: 9780786800896
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3