events in his life take him back to his childhood home

have not been made right

who moved to the big city of Minneapolis

Redbone provides a voice to a people long neglected in American history

without the usual trappings of confrontation

Thunder Boy Jr. politics events in his life takeThunder Boy Jr. is named after his dad, but he wants a name that's all his own. Just because people call his dad Big Thunder doesn't mean he wants to be Little Thunder. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he's done, like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten Thousand Teeth, or Full of Wonder. But just when Thunder Boy Jr. thinks all hope is lost, he and his dad pick the perfect name a name that is sure to light up the sky. National Book Award