Mike Wyant Knihy

Furry, a young coyote, and Shiny, a fish in the lake, become friends. After several months, Furry disappears, making Shiny very sad. Shiny looks for Furry every day and spurts water in the air to signal Furry where she is. Then, one day, Furry comes back to the lake with four small coyote pups that are her new family. They are all very excited. But, then Shiny disappears for several weeks and that makes Furry and her pups unhappy. Suddenly, Shiny spurts water to the surface to signal Furry and they are all happy again. All of a sudden, many spurts of water come out of the lake from tiny fish and Shiny introduces her new babies to Furry and her pups. It's a great time when all the fish are squirting Furry and her pups as they are dancing around enjoying playing with the water.

An eleven-year-old Navajo boy is taken by force from his Arizona reservation home and bussed to Fort Sill Indian School near Lawton and Fort Sill Oklahoma in 1949 The U S law requires the Navajo children to attend school in a federally operated boarding school The boy is treated roughly at his capture and on the bus trip He vows to escape from the school and walkrun back the eight hundred miles back to his home realizing he has no money and does not trust the white man He is forced to rely on his survival skills He makes several friends at the school However in the spring he leaves at night and starts his journey home The challenges he faces at the school and also his journey and how he overcomes those challenges are detailed When he finally reaches his home area he hears crying from several people and creeps through the sagebrush to see what is happening The same government agents who seized him are trying to wrestle an eight-year-old girl from her mother and grandmother and put her o