In this paraphrase of original texts by Red Bird, author Gina Capaldi retells the stories of this Native American girl who grew up between the world of her native people and the white people. “It was night when we reached the school grounds and were led toward an open door. The noisy hurrying of har...
A very sweet, very humane story of a girl being taken away from her land and learning to cope. The story of Zitkala-a is one of loss, but also of tremendous hope, of progress and tradition. It's inspirational, which is why it's so good to make it into a picture book and make it more accessible to ev...
This book was more than I thought it was going to be. From the cover, it appears to be a book about a Native American musician, but that is only one small part of this story. Zitkala-Sa was a remarkable woman who bravely navigated two worlds, ultimately giving a voice to the concerns of her people a...
Good use of primary source material.