A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of a Native American Hero.

Written and Illustrated by Gina Capaldi

Carolrhoda/Lerner Publishing Group. 2008.

Awards

* 2010 Eureka! Silver Medal/California Readers Association

* 2010 PEN/USA Honorable Mention

* 2009 Carter G. Woodson Honor Book Award/National Council for the Social

Studies Grades.

* 2009 Orbis Pictus Award/National Council of Teachers ,and the Children's Book Council.

* Gold Medal, Independent Publishers Book Award.

* 2009 Skipping Stones Honor Award

* Starred Reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, Junior Library Guild, and

Rutgers University

* 'Book of the Month' from Rutgers University

* Named 'Best New Book for Classroom' from Book Links

* Nominated for 'Book of the Year', Arizona Library Association

* Bank Street College of Education, insertion into 100th anniversary edition of

The Best Children's Books of the Year, 2009.