Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.
On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. The book is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to occur for so long. In this adaptation of the adult bestseller, David Grann revisits his gripping investigation into the shocking crimes against the Osage people. Working with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. An undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau, infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Then, one by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances, and anyone who tried to investigate met the same end.Īs the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, took up the case, one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. It’s a rare year that a science fiction books wins the Newbery, but this could definitely be a contender for that award, as well as for the Pura Belpré.In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, thanks to the oil that was discovered beneath their land. Pros: This beautifully written book explores what it means to be human and the important contributions different cultures and stories make to that humanity. It’s not clear whether or not Petra and the other kids make contact, but the book ends on a hopeful note.
Although she does her best to blend in, members of the Collective soon become suspicious of Petra, and she realizes it’s up to her to lead an escape plan and try to find the group of Earthlings who were scheduled to arrive first. Petra is determined to help the other kids in her group remember, and she begins telling them the cuentos (stories) that she learned from her Mexican-American grandmother. When she wakes up, she learns that she is the only one left who remembers life on Earth. Alas, not only does a group called the Collective take over the ship, but something goes wrong with Petra’s sleep. They’re put into a deep sleep, with people on board who will look after them and keep creating a new population of caretakers. Summary: With Halley’s Comet hurtling towards Earth, Petra and her family are among a small group chosen to travel to the planet Sagan, a journey that will take over 300 years.
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