In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

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Summary

Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 4-5

Chapter 6

Chapters 7-8

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

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Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

How does the focus on Crazy Horse’s dream mold the way the novel presents his characterization? What is its wider significance in the story?

Grandpa Nyles says that Crazy Horse’s surrender is “the bravest thing he ever did” (133). What does that statement reveal about Nyles’s and Crazy Horse’s values and the relationship between the two Lakota men?

How does the novel use the natural environment—the plants, animals, and natural setting of the Great Plains—to explore one or more of its themes?