compel us to reconsider our own current expectations about what Indian people should be

― School Library Journal

the town of Pluto continues to be haunted by the murder of a farm family

Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945

only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind

Reservation Blues traditional tales compel us to reconsider ourSherman Alexie has been hailed as "one of the best writers we have" (The Nation). Reservation Blues is his "irresistibly stunning debut novel" (San Francisco Chronicle). One day legendary bluesman Robert Johnson appears on the Spokane Indian reservation, in flight from the devil and presumed long dead. When he passes his enchanted instrument to Thomas Builds the Fire storyteller, misfit, and musician a magical odyssey begins that will take them from