Medicine Wheels recovery Sun Tracks editor Ofelia Zepeda

Sun Tracks editor Ofelia Zepeda reflects on how meaningful this volume was when it was first published and its continued importance

For more than three decades

When she sees his sadness

and land through creative essay

"the Indian" serves to create White space in concrete ways

Medicine Wheels recovery Sun Tracks editor Ofelia ZepedaThe American Indian Youth Literature and Morris Award winning author of Rez Ball returns with the unforgettable story of a gifted young Ojibwe athlete learning to ride in his father's footsteps while practicing for a skateboarding championship. When Bryce's mom walks out on her abusive boyfriend and back into jail for breaking her probation, he's left facing the summer of his junior year with no parents, no phone, and only the clothes on his back.