num_pages: 192
description: An eleven-year-old Penacook Indian boy living on a reservation faces his father's alcoholism, a controversy surrounding plans for a casino on a tribal island, and insensitivity toward Native Americans in his school and nearby town.
language: English
title: The Heart of a Chief
titlecomplete: The Heart of a Chief
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Multicultural Literature, Coming Of Age, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 277
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children
publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston