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The Runaway Papoose
Nah-Tee, a young Pueblo Indian girl, is separated from her parents when enemies raid their camp.
264 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1928
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September 14, 2021
"Hi, for a tale that tells of the land
Where always the winds blow free—
Where the view is as wide on every hand
As ever the eye can see!"
—The Runaway Papoose, P. 123
Newbery Honors are not easily won, but Grace and Carl Moon's knowledge of Native American culture helped earn them one in 1929 for this story of a young girl who loses her family and must overcome numerous obstacles to reunite with them. Nah-tee is on the verge of despair after marauders attack while her family is migrating through the desert. Nah-tee flees, but there's no trace of her parents when she returns to the scene. She's all alone in the vast desert until she comes across Moyo, a Navajo boy tending sheep away from his home. Moyo feels brotherly affection for the scared little girl and vows to help restore her to her family. But does he have any idea where to search?
"(A)lways it is like that. Always something good comes when we think that only bad is here."
—Nah-tee, The Runaway Papoose, P. 230
Nah-tee is relieved to have Moyo in charge, but the desert is still dangerous. They have meager food supplies, and Moyo worries as Nah-tee finishes the last of their meals. Yet when the situation turns critical, they happen upon a carefully prepared meal in their vicinity. It couldn't have just popped into existence; who is watching over Nah-tee and Moyo, helping them when they lack the resources to help themselves? Perhaps the mysterious benefactor can point them in the direction of Nah-tee's family. The two kids climb into a neighboring canyon in search of the person who provided them food.
The history of the region is richer than Nah-tee or Moyo know, but also rife with contention. The man who donated the surprise food reveals himself and relates some history of the local Indians, a tale of political posturing that dates back generations and continues to this day. He supplies Nah-tee and Moyo a mount to ride to the annual festive powwow of Native Americans, a likely place for Nah-tee's parents to seek their missing daughter. All is not cheerful at the gathering, however. Su-hú-bi is next in line to Lampayo as leader of his people, and the Indians he will someday lead aren't pleased. Su-hú-bi is untrustworthy, an antagonizer of many and keeper of dark secrets, but Lampayo has no son, and tradition stipulates Su-hú-bi will succeed him. Su-hú-bi doesn't take kindly to Moyo and Nah-tee's arrival; he tricks them into isolating themselves from the crowd so he can abduct and deport them from the region before anyone knows they were there. Why is Su-hú-bi so concerned about Nah-tee, and what will it take to thwart his plot?
Chi-Weé is a round, happy spitfire of a girl looking forward to the big powwow. Tradition decrees that every year one child be honored for a special accomplishment by wearing the Butterfly Katchina. Chi-Weé hopes this will be her year; to wear the Butterfly Katchina would be a dream fulfilled. A serious matter comes to her attention, though, when Chi-Weé hears about a missing girl named Nah-tee. The lost girl's mother is distraught, but Chi-Weé has experience finding people, and she promises to track down Nah-tee. Chi-Weé is determined, but she's opposed by Su-hú-bi, who's motivated to keep his shady dealings hidden. Can Nah-tee, Moyo, and Chi-Weé outfox Su-hú-bi and create a happy ending before this year's powwow is over?
"Little stars are peeping now—from the sky,
All the desert sleeping now—silent lie
Dancing sands and breezes, too,
Golden sky turns deeply blue,
Father Moon is creeping, too—softly nigh!"
—The Runaway Papoose, P. 251
Grace Moon is a talented writer. Sentence after sentence pour from her pen with style and energy, always readable and interesting. Fans of Ms. Moon's entire body of work will recognize Chi-Weé from at least one other book, Chi-Weé: The Adventures of a Little Indian Girl, which predates The Runaway Papoose by a couple of years. The Runaway Papoose has a strong ending that makes it likely I'd rate the book two and a half stars, and it could have earned higher marks from me if the story were more concise. I want to read some other Grace Moon novels and see how good she became in the years after The Runaway Papoose. She definitely had ability as a writer.
Where always the winds blow free—
Where the view is as wide on every hand
As ever the eye can see!"
—The Runaway Papoose, P. 123
Newbery Honors are not easily won, but Grace and Carl Moon's knowledge of Native American culture helped earn them one in 1929 for this story of a young girl who loses her family and must overcome numerous obstacles to reunite with them. Nah-tee is on the verge of despair after marauders attack while her family is migrating through the desert. Nah-tee flees, but there's no trace of her parents when she returns to the scene. She's all alone in the vast desert until she comes across Moyo, a Navajo boy tending sheep away from his home. Moyo feels brotherly affection for the scared little girl and vows to help restore her to her family. But does he have any idea where to search?
"(A)lways it is like that. Always something good comes when we think that only bad is here."
—Nah-tee, The Runaway Papoose, P. 230
Nah-tee is relieved to have Moyo in charge, but the desert is still dangerous. They have meager food supplies, and Moyo worries as Nah-tee finishes the last of their meals. Yet when the situation turns critical, they happen upon a carefully prepared meal in their vicinity. It couldn't have just popped into existence; who is watching over Nah-tee and Moyo, helping them when they lack the resources to help themselves? Perhaps the mysterious benefactor can point them in the direction of Nah-tee's family. The two kids climb into a neighboring canyon in search of the person who provided them food.
The history of the region is richer than Nah-tee or Moyo know, but also rife with contention. The man who donated the surprise food reveals himself and relates some history of the local Indians, a tale of political posturing that dates back generations and continues to this day. He supplies Nah-tee and Moyo a mount to ride to the annual festive powwow of Native Americans, a likely place for Nah-tee's parents to seek their missing daughter. All is not cheerful at the gathering, however. Su-hú-bi is next in line to Lampayo as leader of his people, and the Indians he will someday lead aren't pleased. Su-hú-bi is untrustworthy, an antagonizer of many and keeper of dark secrets, but Lampayo has no son, and tradition stipulates Su-hú-bi will succeed him. Su-hú-bi doesn't take kindly to Moyo and Nah-tee's arrival; he tricks them into isolating themselves from the crowd so he can abduct and deport them from the region before anyone knows they were there. Why is Su-hú-bi so concerned about Nah-tee, and what will it take to thwart his plot?
Chi-Weé is a round, happy spitfire of a girl looking forward to the big powwow. Tradition decrees that every year one child be honored for a special accomplishment by wearing the Butterfly Katchina. Chi-Weé hopes this will be her year; to wear the Butterfly Katchina would be a dream fulfilled. A serious matter comes to her attention, though, when Chi-Weé hears about a missing girl named Nah-tee. The lost girl's mother is distraught, but Chi-Weé has experience finding people, and she promises to track down Nah-tee. Chi-Weé is determined, but she's opposed by Su-hú-bi, who's motivated to keep his shady dealings hidden. Can Nah-tee, Moyo, and Chi-Weé outfox Su-hú-bi and create a happy ending before this year's powwow is over?
"Little stars are peeping now—from the sky,
All the desert sleeping now—silent lie
Dancing sands and breezes, too,
Golden sky turns deeply blue,
Father Moon is creeping, too—softly nigh!"
—The Runaway Papoose, P. 251
Grace Moon is a talented writer. Sentence after sentence pour from her pen with style and energy, always readable and interesting. Fans of Ms. Moon's entire body of work will recognize Chi-Weé from at least one other book, Chi-Weé: The Adventures of a Little Indian Girl, which predates The Runaway Papoose by a couple of years. The Runaway Papoose has a strong ending that makes it likely I'd rate the book two and a half stars, and it could have earned higher marks from me if the story were more concise. I want to read some other Grace Moon novels and see how good she became in the years after The Runaway Papoose. She definitely had ability as a writer.
September 15, 2019
One of the six Newbery Honor Books chosen in 1929 - the others include:
The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo
,
Millions of Cats
,
The Boy Who Was
,
Clearing Weather
, and
Tod of the Fens
- this story of a little Native American girl and her adventures in the southwestern desert, after she becomes separated from her family, really shows its age. Written in the deliberately "clunky" style that Beverly Slapin lampoons in her essay, "How to Write a Historical Young Adult Novel With an Indian Theme (For Fun and Profit)," it is chock-a-block with odd word choices and language patterns, from the "fear thoughts" that its young heroine, Nah-tee, has, to the "laugh things" (or, more precisely, the not "laugh things") that she experiences, and the "shelter places" in which she lives. I can only assume that the almost constant oddity of the language utilized here indicates Moon's desire to create an "authentic" narrative.
Grace and Carl Moon were apparently well-known anthropologists in their day, and I have to admit that the portrait painted of native life in the American southwest - both Navajo and Pueblo (which Pueblo is never really specified) is far more sympathetic than I would have expected. Although I'm no expert, certain things "felt right" to me, from the evident respect all the children - Nah-tee, Moyo, Chi-weé - were taught to show for their elders, to the use of storytelling as a teaching tool, when Nah-tee and Moyo are briefly cared for by the elderly keeper of the canyon. Someone else, in a book-club discussion, described the Moons as "well intentioned," and I think that was probably true. I even considered giving this two stars, since I did find myself getting involved in the story, towards the end. But I just couldn't get past the stereotypical language, and the way it "othered" the characters and their story.
Definitely one that Newbery completists will want to check out, but I don't think it will have much interest for the contemporary child, and that's probably for the best.
Grace and Carl Moon were apparently well-known anthropologists in their day, and I have to admit that the portrait painted of native life in the American southwest - both Navajo and Pueblo (which Pueblo is never really specified) is far more sympathetic than I would have expected. Although I'm no expert, certain things "felt right" to me, from the evident respect all the children - Nah-tee, Moyo, Chi-weé - were taught to show for their elders, to the use of storytelling as a teaching tool, when Nah-tee and Moyo are briefly cared for by the elderly keeper of the canyon. Someone else, in a book-club discussion, described the Moons as "well intentioned," and I think that was probably true. I even considered giving this two stars, since I did find myself getting involved in the story, towards the end. But I just couldn't get past the stereotypical language, and the way it "othered" the characters and their story.
Definitely one that Newbery completists will want to check out, but I don't think it will have much interest for the contemporary child, and that's probably for the best.
April 18, 2017
This was a Newbery Honor Book from 1929. I'm not really sure why it hasn't been reprinted, except maybe for the word "papoose" in the title. As I understand it, the word means something like "prostitute" in one of the Native American languages. However, in this book it isn't used derogatorily, and, in fact, at one point, a little boy is referred to as a papoose, so I'm thinking the word, as it is used by this author, simply means "child." It recounts the adventures of a little girl who gets separated from her people and lost in the desert, and tells of the various children and adults who try to help her find her parents. I found the narrative awkward to read at first, because Moon was trying to write as if a Native American were telling the story. Once I got used to it, however, I rather liked it. The illustrations, by the author's husband, were ok, except that the girls were all depicted with short hair, and I don't think that would have been the case back then. (I could be wrong, though.) It was an interesting story that touched upon the Anasazi and the Indian boarding schools. My favorite scene was when the children were trapped in the ancient Anasazi kiva, and they found the shrine with all the objects on it that fell to dust at the touch. Moon wrote a number of children's novels, all about Native Americans. I would like to read more of her books.
May 18, 2016
I'll admit, after reading the portrayal of Native Americans in other early Newbery books, I was nervous when I started this 1929 Newbery Honor Book. This book surprised me - the story is far from perfect and, while it is exploitative (the Moons cashed in on native cultures, not just with this book but with other works as well), it's not condescending toward native cultures. Rather, the book attempts to humanize Native Americans; it doesn't contribute to the savage image promoted by early politicians.
We even get a glimpse of how destructive America has been for the tribes, the threat of white people stealing native kids and forcing them into white schools is constantly lurking about the edges of the story - an issue that's left unresolved at the end of the book and which remains an issue still unresolved in the real world today.
As a kid, when I first looked at this book, I expected an entirely different story about a kid who keeps messing up. The title is misleading - yes, this book is about a little girl who runs away from her family, not out of spite but for protection when her family is attacked. The bulk of the story is about the girl trying to return to her family. That first impression wasn't helped by the name of the main character, Nah-tee, which I thought was a play off the word 'naughty.' Nati is actually a name common to Navajo literature; Moon just used a phonetic spelling.
Nah-tee wound up contrary to what her name first implied to me. She's a little girl that anyone could love and I like that Moon did that with the character, not making her a savage or foreign alien but just a little girl, like millions of other little girls around the world (all of Moon's child-characters are likable and very human).
What Moon doesn't do well is her actual writing. She relies on strange sentence structures to create a sense of foreign language. Example: "A little she was frightened." No one thinks like that in their head, not even a little girl. This technique doesn't work and I think it helps to create a sense of distance with the characters - readers watch from a'far rather than being inside a character's head. I would have preferred to see Moon work in the actual Dine language, with a pronunciation guide/dictionary as an appendix.
Grace Moon (and her husband) did spend enough time in the desert to paint some beautiful descriptions of the southwest. I wish she'd also taken time to describe Southwestern tribes. Moon uses the terms Navajo and Puebloan as if they are interchangeable - they are not. The best-known Puebloan societies are the Taos, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi; the Navajo/Dine are close neighbors. Moon never makes this distinction.
I have cousins among the Navajo but am not actively involved with the tribe; even as a young kid (I first encountered this book around the age of 7), I knew enough about the southwestern tribes to spot that mistake. It makes me wonder, how much of the culture did Moon manipulate to suit her purposes?
And, as a kid, I expected to see the Navajo/Dine's matrilineal system, with descriptions of the clans. The matrilineal system isn't even implied, which disappointed me during both readings of this book. I spent a lot of time as a child imagining what equal gender rights among the tribes prior to the European invasion would would have been like and, if there are any Navajo kids out there looking for something to do and reading this review, I still want to read that story... if only someone would write it.
We even get a glimpse of how destructive America has been for the tribes, the threat of white people stealing native kids and forcing them into white schools is constantly lurking about the edges of the story - an issue that's left unresolved at the end of the book and which remains an issue still unresolved in the real world today.
As a kid, when I first looked at this book, I expected an entirely different story about a kid who keeps messing up. The title is misleading - yes, this book is about a little girl who runs away from her family, not out of spite but for protection when her family is attacked. The bulk of the story is about the girl trying to return to her family. That first impression wasn't helped by the name of the main character, Nah-tee, which I thought was a play off the word 'naughty.' Nati is actually a name common to Navajo literature; Moon just used a phonetic spelling.
Nah-tee wound up contrary to what her name first implied to me. She's a little girl that anyone could love and I like that Moon did that with the character, not making her a savage or foreign alien but just a little girl, like millions of other little girls around the world (all of Moon's child-characters are likable and very human).
What Moon doesn't do well is her actual writing. She relies on strange sentence structures to create a sense of foreign language. Example: "A little she was frightened." No one thinks like that in their head, not even a little girl. This technique doesn't work and I think it helps to create a sense of distance with the characters - readers watch from a'far rather than being inside a character's head. I would have preferred to see Moon work in the actual Dine language, with a pronunciation guide/dictionary as an appendix.
Grace Moon (and her husband) did spend enough time in the desert to paint some beautiful descriptions of the southwest. I wish she'd also taken time to describe Southwestern tribes. Moon uses the terms Navajo and Puebloan as if they are interchangeable - they are not. The best-known Puebloan societies are the Taos, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi; the Navajo/Dine are close neighbors. Moon never makes this distinction.
I have cousins among the Navajo but am not actively involved with the tribe; even as a young kid (I first encountered this book around the age of 7), I knew enough about the southwestern tribes to spot that mistake. It makes me wonder, how much of the culture did Moon manipulate to suit her purposes?
And, as a kid, I expected to see the Navajo/Dine's matrilineal system, with descriptions of the clans. The matrilineal system isn't even implied, which disappointed me during both readings of this book. I spent a lot of time as a child imagining what equal gender rights among the tribes prior to the European invasion would would have been like and, if there are any Navajo kids out there looking for something to do and reading this review, I still want to read that story... if only someone would write it.
September 20, 2011
Another early Newbery Honor title that is rather a clunker. The story is okay, if not terribly interesting, but I found the language annoying and condescending. Nah-tee and other characters use phrases like "the fear thoughts" and "the home place." They sound stupid. Perhaps Grace Moon was trying to express that Nah-tee's language would have put words and phrases together differently than English does, but it is ineffective and just makes the characters sound simple. Not a great portrayal of Native Americans, although (unfortunately) better than some of the same era.
November 24, 2017
2.5-3 stars - I genuinely enjoyed the story, but I highly doubt much of its cultural authenticity. Grave and Carl Moon began collaborating on children's books in 1917, and produced 18+ books (last in 1950), 16 of which seem to be Native American themed (based sole on titles). They seem to have made a name for themselves as whites who portrayed Navajo and Pueblo peoples in a sympathetic away. This book is the story of a young girl, Nah-tee (Nati), who is separated from her family/band as they journey to a distant pueblo when they encounter some hostile men. She runs to escape the confrontation and is lost in the desert. There she crosses paths with a young Navajo boy Moyo while he tends his sheep. On his pony they set off in search of her family encountering along the way: a fat man and his burro, a flash flood, possible mountain lions, an hermit inhabiting one of the ancient cliff dwellings, and kidnappers. Towards the end of the book, a couple of new characters appear: Chi-Wee and Loki. They are the stars of two of the author's earlier books ("Chi-Wee, The Adventures of a Little Indian Girl" in 1925 and "Chi-Wee and Loki of the Desert" in 1926) - so the author may also have recycled characters from time to time. The writing is fast-paced enough but a bit stilted, probably to convey the difference between native and white world views. It's a nice departure to read a story of Native Americans from this time period that is neither negative nor stereotypical. I read this for my 2017 Reading Challenge and my Newbery Challenge (Honor Book 1929)
August 16, 2021
I'm rather surprised at the low-star reviews of this book. Don't let them color your consideration of the selection. This is a fun adventure story that young girls can enjoy. Quite unusual for early twentieth century children's books to give to young women tales that were usually considered appropriate only for boys, but this is certainly one. It is also highly respectful of Native Americans, and I argue that it has the effect of holding Native American culture even with white culture, rather than making an "other" designation. I would hate to see this story whitewashed! The writing is very well done, and it only takes you a moment to shift gears into the constructions that Moon uses, which reflect Native lingual patterns versus Eurocentric patterns.
Moon was not Native American, but she and her husband held a tremendous love for them and lived with them, and gave us several good stories to peek into their world. In the absence of printed works from Native Americans themselves. This is the best alternative.
Runaway Papoose looks at Southwestern desert Pueblo life, and its rich history of cliff dwellers provides a fun backdrop for the story of Nah-tee's experiences. My children would have loved having this book read to them in nightly chapter installments. It is for boys as well as girls.
Moon was not Native American, but she and her husband held a tremendous love for them and lived with them, and gave us several good stories to peek into their world. In the absence of printed works from Native Americans themselves. This is the best alternative.
Runaway Papoose looks at Southwestern desert Pueblo life, and its rich history of cliff dwellers provides a fun backdrop for the story of Nah-tee's experiences. My children would have loved having this book read to them in nightly chapter installments. It is for boys as well as girls.
October 3, 2021
I'm gonna be totally honest here - I'm not sure how much of this story I actually "heard." I "listened" to the whole thing on Open Library but I wasn't paying that much attention. I basically just got an overview - a little girl, Nah-tee, runs away from her family because something scares her. A boy named Moyo helps her. There's some bad dude in the tribe that tries to have a white man get rid of them. (I think) But then some fat dude (she kept calling him fat in the story) comes up and saves them. Everything ends happy. There is lots of stuff about legends.
I probably should even count this as "read" but I don't care that much. If it had been more interesting I would've paid more attention. I didn't love the bad stereotypical Native American way of speaking, but I do think Moon was trying to write a story that showed appreciation for Native American culture. She just lived in 1928 so it doesn't compute well 100 years later.
Not one I'd recommend. It was a Newbery Honor in 1929 so I only read it as part of my Newbery Quest.
I probably should even count this as "read" but I don't care that much. If it had been more interesting I would've paid more attention. I didn't love the bad stereotypical Native American way of speaking, but I do think Moon was trying to write a story that showed appreciation for Native American culture. She just lived in 1928 so it doesn't compute well 100 years later.
Not one I'd recommend. It was a Newbery Honor in 1929 so I only read it as part of my Newbery Quest.
September 10, 2018
A small Navajo girl gets frightened by a fight her father has with a stranger and inadvertently runs away and can't find her way home. She does find a kindly shepherd boy, who helps her find her way back to her family, but not without all sorts of adventures and mishaps along the way. A fun little story, with a nice mystery as well.
January 25, 2019
Pretty standard lost child story with a lot of condescending language.
March 15, 2022
Written well and with good intentions, but problematic. Skip in favor of own voices stories.
May 10, 2024
This is a story about a young Native American girl that gets separated from her family. She finds friends along the way that help her find her people. It is a slow read.
Want to read
June 12, 20251929 Newbery honor book
September 22, 2022
Nah-tee's camp is scatter when men come to fight, and she runs away and meets Moyo. Moyo gets a fat man to run next to his burro, and Moyo and Nah-tee take shelter in a cave during a storm. They get stuck in a canyon with quicksand. A mysterious stew appears for the children to eat. A man comes and rescues the children. The old man tells them a story about listening to their mothers. The old man leaves, and the children meet the fat man again, and later his brothers and his burro.
Chi-weé, a girl very different from Nah-tee, her friend, Loki, and an old man, Mah-pee-ti, find a baby burro. Nah-tee and Moyo meet Loki. They talk with Su-hú-bi, who tricks them and traps them. Lumpayo lets Chi-weé wear the butterfly Katchina because of an act of kindness, and she meets Nah-tee's mother and promises to help find Nah-tee.
Su-hú-bi pays a trader to take the three children to Zunani. The trader gets stopped in the road by the fat man and his burro, who hear the children in the wagon and rescue them. Nah-tee is reunited with her parents, Su-hú-bi is sent away, and Chi-weé gives Nah-tee the baby burro she found.
I enjoyed this story, especially the ending where the fat man saves the day. I didn't see that coming, and it was terribly funny! The children are so likeable, and they help each other through their adventures. I also enjoyed the folktales interspersed throughout the story. I also liked the adult characters, they were always there to help the children when it seemed like they were in over their heads.
Chi-weé, a girl very different from Nah-tee, her friend, Loki, and an old man, Mah-pee-ti, find a baby burro. Nah-tee and Moyo meet Loki. They talk with Su-hú-bi, who tricks them and traps them. Lumpayo lets Chi-weé wear the butterfly Katchina because of an act of kindness, and she meets Nah-tee's mother and promises to help find Nah-tee.
Su-hú-bi pays a trader to take the three children to Zunani. The trader gets stopped in the road by the fat man and his burro, who hear the children in the wagon and rescue them. Nah-tee is reunited with her parents, Su-hú-bi is sent away, and Chi-weé gives Nah-tee the baby burro she found.
I enjoyed this story, especially the ending where the fat man saves the day. I didn't see that coming, and it was terribly funny! The children are so likeable, and they help each other through their adventures. I also enjoyed the folktales interspersed throughout the story. I also liked the adult characters, they were always there to help the children when it seemed like they were in over their heads.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 7, 2017
I don’t think the story was that bad… but the writing style put me off so horrendously that I couldn't keep my head in it. I may have gotten a little too spoiled reading earlier Newbery books with fluid writing, and I forgot when other types of stiff styles were kosher. Stale, very stale.
A lot of that seemed to be due to weird grammar choices more than anything else. There was an enormous of amount of super long sentences and “-“ to keep them going. I thought my iffy English skill set made me a supporter of weird, run-on sentences, but apparently I have my limits. I can only throw my hands up and cry, "too dated!"
Other than that, I thought the story could have been sweet or empowering. The plot wasn’t inherently bad, and it was one of the stronger pro-American Indian Newberies. But, yeesh. That writing style. Runaway indeed.
A lot of that seemed to be due to weird grammar choices more than anything else. There was an enormous of amount of super long sentences and “-“ to keep them going. I thought my iffy English skill set made me a supporter of weird, run-on sentences, but apparently I have my limits. I can only throw my hands up and cry, "too dated!"
Other than that, I thought the story could have been sweet or empowering. The plot wasn’t inherently bad, and it was one of the stronger pro-American Indian Newberies. But, yeesh. That writing style. Runaway indeed.
June 17, 2014
I think it is a pretty good book for how old it is, but it is quite predictable. Also, the grammar could use some (a lot of) work, and never before have I seen 'today' spelled 'to-day.' Also, it never did address the issue of the children in White-mans' schools.
What I did like about the book is that even though it is so old, the author treats the Native Americans with respect. The characters are given distinct personalities, and the book was fun to read.
What I did like about the book is that even though it is so old, the author treats the Native Americans with respect. The characters are given distinct personalities, and the book was fun to read.
Want to read
July 15, 20121929 Newbery Honor Book
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October 22, 201402af33f5-de3c-41ed-8fd6-a77dbce22f8f
August 23, 2016
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