num_pages: 224
description: Twelve-year-old Jimmy Spoon yearns for a life of adventure. So when two Shoshoni boys offer him a horse, Jimmy sneaks away from his family in Salt Lake City to follow the boys. When Jimmy arrives at the Shoshoni camp, he discovers that he is expected to stay--as a member of the tribe!Inspired by the memoirs of a white man who actually lived with Chief Washakie's tribe as a boy in the mid-1800s, The Legend of Jimmy Spoon is a compelling coming-of-age adventure.
language: English
title: The Legend of Jimmy Spoon
titlecomplete: The Legend of Jimmy Spoon
genres: Native Americans, Young Adult, Childrens, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cultural, Juvenile
ratings_count: 288
places: Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
series: Jimmy Spoon
publisher: Clarion Books