Molly remembers the Mohawk legend of a man so hungry he ate himself and everyone in his village, except for one brave girl. Molly wakes up to finds her parents missing and an uncle she's never met willing to be her guardian. A brain-damaged Hopi is blamed when he tries to pawn a diamond he claims he got from a mysterious old man in the Grand Canyon. Now her parents have mysteriously disappeared, and an unknown great-uncle has shown up to claim her. That’s more than one per day! When one day mysteriously Molly’s parents go missing and she is turned into a ward of the state and eventually handed over to a great uncle coincidentally back in town. Ever since the morning Molly woke up to find that her parents had vanished, her life has become filled with terrible questions. But it did have a few OH moments that as an OAP horror author means a lot, because it takes a lot to scare me, well written and well worth a read. The way she didn't let adults back her down, and I really appreciate that Joseph Bruchac wrote a good relationship between parents and child and also gave Molly an adult ally. Start by marking “Skeleton Man” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Even a few days later they still do not come home. So far, she has declined Joe's periodic entreaties to wed. Joe is a widower. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. I don't have much else to say about it, but I liked it. Still hungry for flesh, he devoured the rest of his family as they came home one night. Can he be the skeleton man that. For each chapter of the book, there is a worksheet that includes 12 to 16 vocabulary words and 6 to 7 comprehension questions. I started reading this late last night at 11 pm. August 5th 2003 Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade, SOLVED. The subtext of Native American customs and an improbable love story enhance the interest and renders the book more than just a formula mystery. Main Characters Conflict Resolution The conflict is her parents went out one night. A very solid book for the tween audience. In this tale, Molly is proactive because she was raised with the knowledge that she is brave and capable. The latest, Skeleton Man, (well, the latest I’ve read) continues this trend. Who is this spooky old man who's taken her to live with him, claiming to be her great-uncle? Skeleton Man: Book Report Form Skeleton Man book report form (PDF File) Customize the Skeleton Man book report Skeleton Man: Word Wall Skeleton Man Word Wall. What are her dreams of the Skeleton Man trying to tell her? Last Updated on May 8, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. It's hard to find a book for kids in which the adults aren't all against the kids and, as a result, the kids are forced into being their own hero. Skeleton Man - Kindle edition by Bruchac, Joseph. This book is am amazing read for the Halloween season. Started out strong but never went anywhere. Skeleton Man is the seventeenth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 2004.