I Am Nuchu
Publisher
Westside Books
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781934813478
Pages
339 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Upon his parents' 1981 divorce, Cal Burton goes from being a popular, comfortable Spokane basketball all-star to a resident of a Ute Indian reservation in Utah, where apathy, poor living conditions, racism, and bitterness over a decades-old family tragedy change his life.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL690L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Disability and Health; Single parent; Divorce; Family member death; Biracial; Race discrimination; Bicultural; Developmental disability; Addiction; single mother; divorced parents; death of a brother; mixed race children; biracial children; racism; prejudice; bicultural children; fetal alcohol syndrome; alcoholism
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Native American (Ute) / White
Family Formation
single mother
Keywords
Utah; basketball; moving; college plans; family secrets; Ute Native Americans; friendship; sibling relationship
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Stanley, Brenda, "I Am Nuchu" (2010). Diverse Families. 138.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/138