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Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781442421561)
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xElk Girl, sister of a Ute chief, lives a traditional life with her tribe high in the Rocky Mountains in 1860. Elk Girl is bold: She loves to hunt deer with her brother, and she races her pony to win. She also knows the importance of ceremonies like the Bear Dance, which wakes the bears from hibernation and celebrates spring.
But all of that changes when Cheyenne warriors capture Elk Girl. They take her to the Great Plains and make her a slave. On the Plains, Elk Girl encounters white men for the first time, and she sees how the Cheyenne have come to depend on their handouts. She also sees the truth of what her brother has told her: The white men are the real enemy. Their soldiers are everywhere. Even if Elk Girl could escape, how would she get home?
Thelma Hatch Wyss has crafted a moving story based on the life of a real girl. It is both a gripping personal adventure and a compelling look at two cultures confronting each other at a pivotal time of change.
Author: Thelma Hatch Wyss
ISBN-10: 1442421568
ISBN-13: 9781442421561
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2010
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 102109 / Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl
But all of that changes when Cheyenne warriors capture Elk Girl. They take her to the Great Plains and make her a slave. On the Plains, Elk Girl encounters white men for the first time, and she sees how the Cheyenne have come to depend on their handouts. She also sees the truth of what her brother has told her: The white men are the real enemy. Their soldiers are everywhere. Even if Elk Girl could escape, how would she get home?
Thelma Hatch Wyss has crafted a moving story based on the life of a real girl. It is both a gripping personal adventure and a compelling look at two cultures confronting each other at a pivotal time of change.
Author: Thelma Hatch Wyss
ISBN-10: 1442421568
ISBN-13: 9781442421561
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2010
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 102109 / Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl
By Thelma Hatch Wyss
xThelma Hatch Wyss lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the author
of Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults;
Ten Miles from Winnemucca, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a
Bank Street College Best Book of the Year; and on the McElderry list,
Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl, which won the Mountains &
Plains Independent Booksellers Association Regional Book Award and was on
the New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" list.
of Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults;
Ten Miles from Winnemucca, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a
Bank Street College Best Book of the Year; and on the McElderry list,
Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl, which won the Mountains &
Plains Independent Booksellers Association Regional Book Award and was on
the New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" list.
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