Three novellas of modern Native life -- each focussing on Native brothers -- by Canadian Cree writer Jordan Wheeler. High appeal to teenagers, especially young men, though not written as YA. "Hearse in Snow" was dramatized for the CBC series "Inside Stories" (not shown in US). Two brothers are taking their father's corpse home for burial when a snowstorm traps them for a night in the hearse. They pass the stormy night reliving their childhood memories of each others' lives and of their father. In "Red Waves" two brothers are caught on opposite sides of a Native Liberation struggle where the militant group one brother belongs to is going to blow up a government facility where the other has friends working. "Exposure" explores AIDS, its effect both on the brothers (one of whom is exposed) and on the Native community they belong to. In all the stories, Wheeler shows both the brothers who are the focus of each story and the Native communities -- Reserve and urban -- to which they belong. 224 pages. Reviewed by Paula Giese, editor Native Books website, http://www.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/books/bookmenu.htm
