Fourteen-year-old Cloyd was trouble. Trouble to himself and everyone else. He"d grown up without his parents, without schooling, half-wild and alone in remote Utah canyons. Sent by his tribe to a group home for Indian boys, his feeling of isolation turns to desperation - and even more trouble.But high in the majestic mountains of Colorado where Cloyd is taken to live with an old rancher, he finds a small carved turquoise bear in an Indian burial cave. Secretly renaming himself Lone Bear, Cloyd calls upon the strength of his ancient ancestors - first to do battle with his own hostilities, but finally to discover the magic power of an old man"s love, and the secrets of living in a world he has just begun to understand.An IRA/CBC Teachers Choices book Notable Children"s Trade Book in the field of Social Studies Mountain & Plains Bookseller Association Children"s Book Award