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Debbie have you seen SOME KIND OF COURAGE by Dan Gemeinhart

Jessica, a reader of AICL, wrote to ask me about Dan Gemeinharts Some Kind of Courage. Out in 2016 from Scholastic, heres the synopsis:

Joseph Johnson has lost just about everyone hes ever loved. He lost his pa in an accident. He lost his ma and his little sister to sickness. And now, hes lost his pony-fast, fierce, beautiful Sarah, taken away by a man who had no right to take her.

Joseph can sure enough get her back, though. The odds are stacked against him, but he isnt about to give up. He will face down deadly animals, dangerous men, and the fury of nature itself on his quest to be reunited with the only family he has left.

Because Joseph Johnson may have lost just about everything. But he hasnt lost hope. And he hasnt lost the fire in his belly that says hes getting his Sarah back-no matter what.

The critically acclaimed author of The Honest Truth returns with a poignant, hopeful, and action-packed story about hearts that wont be tamed... and spirits that refuse to be broken.

It is a middle grade Western, set in 1890. A couple of things I see via Google Books give me pause:

"Shes half Indian pony, so shes got some spirit, but she aint nothing but perfect with me."

"It was Indians. [...] The boys eyes narrowed. He bared his teeth like a wolf and snarled a word low and mean in his native tongue."

I will try to get a copy to read/review. If I do, Ill be back!

Debbie have you seen RUNS WITH COURAGE by Joan M Wolf

Several people have written to ask if Ive seen Runs With Courage by Joan M. Wolf, due out on October 1 of 2016 from Sleeping Bear Press.

Heres the synopsis:

Ten-year-old Four Winds is a young Lakota girl caught up in the changes brought about by her peoples forced move to the reservation. Set in the Dakota Territory, it is the year 1880. Four Winds has been taken away from her family and brought to a boarding school run by whites. It is here she is taught English and learns how to assimilate into white culture. But soon she discovers that the teachers at this school are not interested in assimilation but rather in erasing her culture. On the reservation, Four Winds had to fight against starvation. Now she must fight to hold on to who she is.

Given that information, my guess is that "Four Winds" is going to Carlisle.

The synopsis, which may or may not be written by the author, is interesting for what it says about assimilation and erasing the characters culture.

AICL has a copy of the book, sent to us by a reader (not the author or publisher) and well review it as soon as we can. If you look at the growing list of books in the "Debbie--have you seen" category, youll see that weve got a lot to read. I hope, perhaps naively, that there will be one in the category that well be able to recommend.