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Coyote Blue is the story of Sam Hunter, a Crow Indian, who flees the Res after accidentally killing a police officer. Sam decides to hide his identity by pretending to be white and taking a job as an Insurance Salesman. Everything is going great, until Coyote, the Indian trickster God tries to 're-arrange his life.'
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"Why me? Why not someone who believes?" asks Sam, suffering from god-induced chaos. "This is more fun," says Coyote. He's right.
The review of this Book prepared by Fuyuko Nichols



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Plot & Themes

Tone of book?    -   upbeat Ethnic/Regional/Religion    -   American Indian Internal struggle/realization?    -   Yes Is this an adult or child's book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Ethnic/regional/gender life    -   Yes Pearls of wisdom from homeless?    -   Yes

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   business executive Age:    -   20's-30's Has magical powers?    -   Yes Ethnicity/Nationality    -   American Indian

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   2 () United States    -   Yes The US:    -   West    -   Midwest Prairie?    -   Yes Small town?    -   Yes Small town people:    -   nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee    -   very gullible, like Gomer Pyle    -   hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids Misc setting    -   resort/hotel

Writing Style

Sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   vague references only    -   actual description of hetero sex Lot of foul language?    -   Yes Amount of dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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