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A Navajo boy named Clay Walker is chosen to become an emissary for his people in the white world beyond the reservation. He fights this appointment as if it were a curse-only to learn, in training for it, that his destiny is inescapable. Through his grandfather, White Horse, he learns first of the old ways, so that upon leaving them he will truly be a walker in two worlds. * * * *
Robert B. Fox spent 35 years working with young people as teacher, counselor, caseworker and parole officer. He also lived for three years as a missionary among the Maori people of New Zealand who made a deep impression on his life. A member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, he has published two young adult novels and one middle-reader novel, "To Be a Warrior," also from Sunstone Press.
About the author
Robert Barlow Fox served in the Navy in the Pacific and the Army in Europe. He was also a missionary for three years among the Maori people of New Zealand. He earned Bachelor and Masters degrees and did other graduate studies at the University of Utah and Utah State University and is now a retired educator. He is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and has published short stories, articles, poetry, and essays in many magazines and journals. He also won three Freedom's Foundation Awards. One, an essay on Abraham Lincoln, was read into the Congressional Record by then Senator Wallace F. Bennet of Utah. Robert Fox is also the author of TO BE A WARRIOR, INHERITED FAMILY, and THE SEEKER, all from Sunstone Press.
