Lone Oak
Lone Oak's Tenth Birthday is a Very Big Deal in His Tribe, but He is Worried Sick About the Manhood Ceremony. He Must Go Alone into the Woods eight days before his birthday to Hunt and Return With a bird, squirrel, or rabbit for His Family's Feast. But Lone Oak Loves All the Animals, and He Can't Stand the Thought of Hurting Them. Will He Find a Way to Be a Man and a Hero Without Taking an Animal's Life?
A Different Kind
Of Brave
Lone Oak is a young boy with a gentle heart. While other boys practice their aim, he spends his days sitting in the shade outside his tepee, where animals like rabbits, squirrels, ducks, sheep, foxes, chipmunks, and birds come to him without fear. He believes these animals are his brothers and sisters in nature, not targets.
But as his tenth birthday approaches, Lone Oak faces a terrifying challenge: the Manhood Ceremony. To be accepted as a man in his tribe...
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Gayle Sokolsky
Gayle Sokolsky spent part of her childhood on a farm, where her earliest lessons came from the animals she lived among and loved. Those childhood years shaped her lifelong belief in respecting all living creatures. Her deep connection to nature, as she associates it with that of the Native culture, and her struggle to understand the balance between compassion and necessity inspired this story.
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