Charles Frazier
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
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At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins a mysterious girl named Claire. As Will's destiny intertwines with the fate of the Cherokee Indians,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Description
“A rare and extraordinary book . . . heart-stopping . . . spellbinding.”San Francisco Chronicle “A page turner that attains the status of literature.”Newsweek “Finely drawn, full of dark beauty and presentiment.”New Yorker “An astonishing first novel.”New York Review of Books. Charles Fraziers debut novel Cold Mountain made publishing history in 1997 when it stood at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for sixty-one weeks,...