Canyons Author:Gary Paulsen Two boys, separated by the canyons of time and two vastly different cultures, face the challenges by which they will become men. — Coyote Runs, an Apache boy, takes part in his first raid. But he is to be a man for only a short time. — More than a hundred years later, while camping near Dog Canyon, 15-year-old Brennan Cole becomes obsessed with a ... more »skull that he finds, pierced by a bullet. He learns that it is the skull of an Apache boy executed by soldiers in 1864. A mystical link joins Brennan and Coyote Runs, and Brennan knows that neither boy will find peace until Coyote Runs' skull is carried back to an ancient sacred place.
In a grueling journey through the canyon to return the skull, Brennan confronts the challenge of his life.