Trinka Hakes Noble

Ten-year-old Walking Turtle, of the Lenni-Lenape tribe, is close to his younger cousin, Little Talk, who has difficulty walking and worries about what will become of him when the time comes for Walking Turtle to leave his childhood friends to begin training at warrior school.

Jimmy's boa constrictor creates havoc in his gym class and his antics leads to the formation of an unusual basketball team.