Lambda Literary Awards When family complications take Joshua away from his fundamentalist Christian mother and leave him with his grandfather, he finds himself immersed in a mysterious and magical world.
Ultimately, Joshua summons the courage necessary to reject his strict upbringing and to accept the mysterious path set before him..
Pukawiss was a powerful manitou known for introducing dance to his people, and his nontraditional lifestyle inspires Joshua to embrace both his burgeoning sexuality and his status as an outcast.
One Ojibwe legend in particular captivates him.
The more he learns about Ojibwe traditions, the more he feels at home.
Joshua\'s mother kept him from his Ojibwe heritage, so living on the reservation is liberating for him.
Joshua\'s grandfather is a Wisconsin Ojibwe Indian who, along with an array of quirky characters, runs a recreated sixteenth-century village for the tourists who visit the reservation.
Lambda Literary Awards When family complications take Joshua away from his fundamentalist Christian mother and leave him with his grandfather, he finds himself immersed in a mysterious and magical world
