Motorcyles & Sweetgrass

Author: Drew Hayden Taylor

Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens-until a mysterious and handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief Motorcycle and turns the place upside down.  Maggie, the Reserve’s chief, gets swept off her feet, but her teenage son, Virgil, is less than enchanted.  Suspicious of the stranger’s intentions, Virgil teams up with his uncle Wayne to drive the stranger from the Reserve, using tricks that would make the Nanabush proud.  And it turns out that the raccoons are willing to lend a hand, too.

A wise exploration of political, religious, and cultural challenges, infused with humor and playfulness, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass is a poignant and charming story for all ages.