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The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

by James Bird

A second chance in Grand Portage

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A second chance in Grand Portage

After repeated trouble for stealing and selling what he takes, Benny is sent from his home to Grand Portage, Minnesota, to live with an Ojibwe father he has not seen in years. The arrangement is framed as a kind of boot camp, but it is not the military-style correction Benny expects. His efforts to understand his new surroundings—and the masked daughter of a tribal leader who becomes involved in his rehabilitation—bring questions of family, belonging, accountability, and the possibility of change into focus.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Middle-grade readers interested in stories about family relationships and second chances.
  • Readers drawn to fiction involving Ojibwe family and community life in Minnesota.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about a young person confronting the consequences of stealing.

Themes

Family and belongingAccountabilityRehabilitation and changeOjibwe community life

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Book overview

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life.

Benjamin Waterfalls comes from a broken home, and the quickest fix he's found for his life is to fill that emptiness with stuff he steals and then sells. But he's been caught one too many times, and when he appears before a tough judge, his mother proposes sending him to "boot camp" at the Ojibwe reservation where they used to live.

Soon he is on his way to Grand Portage, Minnesota, to live with his father - the man Benny hasn't seen in years. Not only is "boot camp" not what he expects, but his rehabilitation seems to be in the hands of the tribal leader's daughter, who wears a mask. Why? Finding the answer to this and so many other questions prove tougher than any military-style boot camp. Will answers be enough for Benny to turn his life around and embrace his second chance?

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