- Fiction, Navajo Indians, Indians of North America, Juvenile fiction
The Spanish slavers came first, later the soldiers forced the Navajos of the Canyon to join their Indian brothers on the devastation long march to Fort Sumner; through the eyes of Bright Morning, a young Navajo girl, we see what can happen to human beings when they are uprooted from the life they know
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Scott O’Dell, Jessica Almasy
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 137
- Publisher
- Peter Smith Pub Inc, Houghton Mifflin, Amer School Pub
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- English, Spanish, und
- ISBN
- 9780547406329
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“On the high mesas above our canyon spring came early that year.”
Scott O'Dell was an American author celebrated for his historical fiction, especially novels for young readers. He is best known for ***Island of the Blue Dolphins***, a classic that earned the *Newbery Medal* and has been translated into many languages and adapted for film. Over his career he wrote more than two dozen novels for young people, as well as works of nonfiction and adult fiction, often drawing on the history and landscapes of California and Mexico. His books, including ***The King’s Fifth***, ***The Black Pearl***, and ***Sing Down the Moon***, earned him multiple *Newbery Honors* and a wide readership. O'Dell received numerous awards for his contribution to children’s literatur
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