Hidden Roots
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Year
2004
ISBN
9780439353595
Pages
136 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Although he is uncertain why his father is so angry and what secret his mother is keeping from him, eleven-year-old Sonny knows that he is different from his classmates in their small New York town.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
830L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Family violence; Kinship care; Biracial; Interracial; Bicultural; abusive father; physical abuse; grandfather looking after grandson; biracial child; interracial marriage; interracial parents; bicultural child
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Native American / French-Canadian
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
American Indian Youth Literature Award, 2006, Winner, Middle School
50 Books about Family, 2011 Older Children and Young Adult
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2004 Age (12 and up)
Choices, 2005 Children's Fiction
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Ninth Edition, 2005
Keywords
Native Americans; family life; prejudices; sterilization; bullying; Vermont Eugenics Project; librarian
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Bruchac, Joseph, "Hidden Roots" (2004). Diverse Families. 130.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/130