The Warriors

By Joseph Bruchac

Book Overview

When twelve-year-old Jake Forrest's mother gets a job in a new city, everything changes. He has to move away from the Iroquois reservation he's lived on his entire life--away from his aunt and uncle, and away from the friends he plays lacrosse with. The lacrosse coach and players at his new school in Washington, D.C., believe that winning is everything, and they don't know anything about the ways of his people. As Jake struggles to find a place where he truly belongs, tragedy strikes and he must find out who he really is. Can he find courage to face the warrior within--the warrior who values peace and leads other to more noble pursuits than outscoring the opposition?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581960220
• ISBN13: 9781581960228
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Kyle's Book Review

Kyle's Book Review ***** LA 2 By: Joeseph Bruchac I read a great book titled the warriors. The main characters in this story were, Jake, his mom, Thomas, Molly, Willtomore, Grandpa Sky, coach scott, Marshall, Dr carlland. The main problem of the book occurs when, Jake tries to run home to the rez. But he cant get past the school gate only because it is only open when the busses and cars come in and the other is that there are 3 guards and wiltomore. My favorite part of the book is the end of the book. This was my favorite part because that is when I made all the connections. I would recommend this book to people who like sports fiction. I really like this book because it is about sports I would recamend this book to people who like reading fiction sports.

BOOK REWVIEW

I read a fiction book titled The Warriors by Joseph Bruchac. It is a terrific book. It was set between the Native American reservation and Weltimore School. The three main characters were Jake, his mom and Coach Scott. Jake is a nice boy who is Native American. He loves to play lacrosse he goes threw a lot of events in the story. His mom his women that works a lot and doesn't get to see Jake as much as she wants to so she pops up in the story in the important events. Coach Scott he is the lacrosse coach and he is a teacher. He reads to his students about Indians and things Jake dose not like because it talks about bad stuff about his culture. The main problem in this story occurs. When Jake tries to tell every one that what they are saying in the books Coach Scott reads to them in class about the Indians being bad people and doing bad things to other American is not true. When nobody listens to him he fells bad about his culture. My favorite part of the book was when Jake moved in to the worries rooms because his mom could not have him stay alone at home. This was my favorite part because it had Jake make knew friends and more people to talk to. I really liked this book because it shows you that all people are equal in different ways. I would recommend it to because it tells you that Indians. How they used to play lacrosse and shows you that words can heart other people . The book is a terrific book. If I could I would give it 4 stars.

Lukas's book review for warriors

I read a good book titled The Warriors by Joseph Bruchac. It is a fictional book set in Washington D.C. and at the Iroquois reservation in southern Canada in the modern day. The main characters in the book were Jake, Jake's mother, Kofi, Muhammad, and coach Scott. This book is about an Indian kid Jake who moves to a new school. His mother has told him not to play lacrosse so he can get good grades, but can Jake give up lacrosse, his favorite sport? The main problem of the book occurs when his mother has told him not to play lacrosse and he finds out that the school is one of the biggest lacrosse schools in the area and maybe in the nation. My favorite part of the book is when Jake decides to have a game to honor his Coach Scott after he sacrificed himself for a woman holding a baby who was about to be shot. When Jake visited the coach in the hospital after the game the coach said he felt a lot better when he saw the game on T.V. This was my favorite part of the book because Jake hated the coach because he was always saying either bad or wrong things about Indians and it took real courage to hold that game for Coach Scott. I really liked this book because I play hockey and lacrosse is very similar to it. I would recommend this book to whomever likes hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, and to whoever likes books with Native Americans because the author talks about Jake coming down the field scoring. Then here comes the Native American part; he looks down at the ground and holds the stick and the other arm out, and thank the Elder Brother, the Sun.

2004 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Masterlist

This gripping story of a Native American boy's tribal connection to lacrosse was named one of 16 2004 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice books by the Pennsylvania School Library Association.

IRA Teacher's Choice for 2004

Joseph Bruchac's moving story of a boy torn from the reservation to live a new life in Washington D.C. was named one of the International Reading Association's Teacher's Choice Books for 2004. Congrats, Joseph! It's a wonderful book!