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Loading... Sing Down the Moon (original 1970; edition 1970)by Scott O'Dell (Author)
Work InformationSing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell (1970)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I enjoyed the look into the Navaho tribes and thought that a lot of the story overall was excellently done and tugged at my heartstrings. ( ) This was the telling of the forced immigration of the Navajos from their homes in Arizona to Ft. Sumner, from the Navajo point of view. This was novelized, but events contained within the novel were actual events. As always, this author did a superb job of writing during this time period. This is a great read, for any age. 124 pages The history is interesting - a time and series of events I knew little about - but the story is dull and pointless. Things happen randomly and are narrated point by point, with very little emotion in any of them. She's captured, she escapes, she saves the dog, the boy is wounded, the Long Knives come, they're herded out of the canyon, a child dies, many die, she gets married, she escapes again...there's no difference between these events. And we learn her name only at the very end - since it's apparently rude to say someone's name to them, and the whole thing is from her point of view. Early on she gives a name but we aren't told what it is. I'm not sure why this bothers me, but it does. Very flat and dull. I won't read this again, and I'll be wary of others by him - though O'Dell is supposed to be very good. Hmm, I've read one other by him - and had a similar complaint. I don't think he works for me. Also, what is the title supposed to be about? There's nothing related to it mentioned in the book - I don't even remember any mention of the moon (which is odd for people living as these do).
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 suffered by the group both during and after the migration…. A postscript to the book gives the historical background for the story. Belongs to Publisher SeriesHas as a teacher's guideAwardsNotable Lists
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. No library descriptions found.
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