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Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls, The

James Bird

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-1-250-81156-1

Keywords: adolescence, families, father son relationship, Ojibwa, Minnesota

Caught for shoplifting, again, Benny is sent to live with his estranged father on a Minnesota Ojibwe reservation where the tribal leader's daughter is offering second chances.