Publisher's Synopsis
Shane is excited to be back at Roosevelt High School after the summer break and loves most of his classes. He wants to be an engineer just like his dad, and even though he's only a sophomore, he's already thinking about college. Suddenly, though, his world is turned upside down when he learns his paternal grandfather--whom he has never met--is Native American. Shane doesn't understand because his dad has always made a big deal about being Irish, and he's confused by his father's refusal to discuss the situation. The more questions Shane asks, the more their loving relationship deteriorates into angry confrontations. The teen can't help but wonder if his father is ashamed of his heritage. With the help of Mr. G, the indigenous school counselor, father and son begin to work together to find the granddad Shane so desperately wants to meet. Is he really Navajo? And why did he make his son's life so miserable? The twelfth installment in the Roosevelt High School Series acquaints teen readers with traumatic events experienced by Native American communities in the Southwest, including forced displacement, loss of family and struggles with alcoholism.
