Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Boston : Sandpiper, [2010]
Description
A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.
Media reviews
The story of the Navajo's forced migration from their original homeland in Arizona to Fort Sumner, New Mexico (a 300-mile walk) is told from the point of view of a fourteen-year-old Navajo girl, Bright Morning, in this historical novel set in the 1860s. The book recounts the tragic deprivations
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suffered by the group both during and after the migration…. A postscript to the book gives the historical background for the story. Show Less
Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1973)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1972-1973)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1971)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1971-1972)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 1977)
Phoenix Award (Honor — 1990)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1977)
Language
Original publication date
1970
Physical description
137 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
9780547406329