When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age Story about a Native American Boy Caught Between Two Worlds Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Activism & Social Justice Books & Libraries Diversity & Multicultural What makes you tick

What makes you tick

Conkling uses the tools of a novelist to immerse readers in Emily’s experiences

remained unknown to most in America

But between his grandfather pushing him to focus on his studies and a school with zero interest in funding arts programs

the Cold War

When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age Story about a Native American Boy Caught Between Two Worlds Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Activism & Social Justice Books & Libraries Diversity & Multicultural What makes you tickA Young Man's Search for Identity and His Native Culture Thomas Black Bull was raised in the old ways of his Native American ancestors, off the reservation in the mountainous wilderness of southern Colorado. When tragedy tears him from everything he knows, Thomas is thrust headlong into modern American life. Parents gone, he learns a different way of life and works the regional rodeo circuit, but it fails to fulfill him. While tempted by the tug of