A Boy Called Slow

The True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac.

Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name- Sitting Bull.

An ALA Notable Book

Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist- he grew up to be Sitting Bull. Bruchac’s sensitively told story of Sitting Bull’s coming-of-age reassures young boys that success comes through effort, not birth. -Booklist