Virginia and her brother are never allowed to pick first from the donation boxes at church because their father is the priest, and she is heartbroken when another girl gets the beautiful coat that she covets. Based on the author's memories of life on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography
Content: Bi/multilingual, Economic Struggle
Settings: Northern America, South Dakota, United States of America
Tribal Affiliation/Homelands: Lakota Sioux
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
Religion: Christian
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary