The Shy Stegosaums of Indian Springs represents an intermediate step between the humor and adventure of the first Shy Stegosaurus book, and Lampman's later explorations of the social problems afflicting children of cultural minorities. Both elements are combined in this novel which involves the trio of Joan, Joey, and George with Native American characters. The focal character is Huck, an impoverished American Indian boy of about twelve, who lives with his great-grandfather, Opalo, in a rough, unpainted shack on the Warm Springs Reservation. Opalo, now well into his nineties, is the last remaining medicine man of the Klickitat tribe and is Huck's only living relative. Thought demented by some adults, Opalo obstinately holds fast to both the old ways and his native language. Huck, repeatedly taunted for being called "Weewino" (Klickitat for huckleberry) by his great-grandfather, is lonely until George, who has relocated in the area...