Sing Down the Moon
by:
Scott O'Dell (author)
The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navaho way of life. One lovely spring day, fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird took their sheep to pasture. The sky was clear blue against the red buttes of the Canyon de Chelly, and the fields and orchards of the...
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The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navaho way of life. One lovely spring day, fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird took their sheep to pasture. The sky was clear blue against the red buttes of the Canyon de Chelly, and the fields and orchards of the Navahos promised a rich harvest. Bright Morning was happy as she gazed across the beautiful valley that was the home of her tribe. She turned when Black Dog barked, and it was then that she saw the Spanish slavers riding straight toward her.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440979753 (0440979757)
ASIN: 440979757
Publish date: March 26th 1997
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
History,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
American History,
Chapter Books
Bright Morning was out with her sheep when the spanish slavers captured her and later sold her. She was able to escape along with her friend Running Bird, but when they get home they later find more trouble going to happen for all of her people.Her tribe is eventually destroyed and forced to move to...
Riveting, and heart-wrenching, I caught myself on the verge of weeping several times during this book. Not just a kids book by any means, it's history. Based on the actual event called "The Long March" or "Long Walk of the Navajo", where in 1864 the government moved the Navajos from their homeland (...
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