Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell. Honor Book for Older Children, 2006.
Subject/Theme: Access to education, Ages 12 to 14, Approaching life with self-confidence and strength, Award Year 2006, Breaking cycles of fear, Broadening outlook to appreciate a variety of cultures, Child labor, Creative art responses to social justice issues and survival, Era Early 1900’s, Era Late 1800’s, Identity Cherokee, Identity Native American, Identity White American, Living under dictatorships or occupation, Native American’s experiences, Overcoming prejudice, Power of literacy, Racism in the US, Solving problems courageously and non-violently, Thinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalized, Understanding human needs with compassion, Young people as activists, Young people’s participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged