In this moving narrative

the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe is today one of the most progressive native groups in the United States

Mihesuah was a member of a family of farmers who gave part of what they grew to black sharecroppers and often helped feed their poorer white neighbors

Contemporary and authentic

Ojibwe men and women—fully modern workers who carried with them rich traditions of culture and work—patched together sources of income and took on new roles as labor demands changed through World War I and the Depression

Klara and the Sun music In this moving narrative"What stays with you in 'Klara and the Sun' is the haunting narrative voice a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear." Booker Prize committee Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street