num_pages: 154
description: A Dramatic Tale of Grizzlies and GoldFourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm.In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear. Knowing that his people, the Utes, have a special relationship with bears, he keeps the small stone, hoping it will bring him strength. A terrible blow-up with Walter ends in near disaster, but the old man offers Cloyd one last they'll ride together into the mountains to reopen Walter's abandoned gold mine. Among the high peaks that harbor Colorado's last grizzlies, Cloyd's courage and loyalty will be tested to the limit.
language: English
title: Bearstone
titlecomplete: Bearstone
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Adventure, Coming Of Age, Adult, Fiction, Read For School, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 644
series: Bearstone
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers