HIDDEN ROOTS
By Joseph Bruchac

Eleven-year-old Sonny and his mother can't predict his father's sudden abusive rages. Jake's anger only gets worse after long days at the paper mill — and when Uncle Louis appears. Louis seems to show up when Sonny and his mother need help most, but there is something about his quiet wisdom that only fuels Jake's rage. Through an unexpected friendship with a new school librarian, Sonny gains the strength to stand up to his father, and to finally confront his mother and uncle about a secret family heritage that may be the key to his father's self-hatred.

Excerpt:
I dug my paddle deeper. Just as I had expected, the prow of the canoe lifted up out of the water. We were rising above the lake. Its waters were now far below us. The tall pine trees on the shore looked as small as twigs. We were heading toward the sunrise, toward the top of the great mountain, paddling our canoe through the sky!

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