25 Years AgoDec. 17, 1997 To hear him sing brings images of Native American tribes to mind. Men and women in elaborate clothes, dancing, singing, celebrating. His voice is low and flowing but strong all the same. Native American author and storyteller Joseph Bruchac recently visited the students of Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, bringing with
Sabaa Tahir received this year s Young People s Literature prize for her YA novel All My Rage ; during her tearful acceptance speech, Tahir noted, I am the first Muslim and Pakistani American woman to win this award.”