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Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl

Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl - Paperback

by Thelma Hatch Wyss
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thelma Hatch WyssAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2010-08-30Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Margaret K. McElderry BooksISBN-13:9781442421561ISBN-10:1442421568UPC:9781442421561Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Biographical, Historical, People & PlacesBook Topic:United StatesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SC893DGB5T
Elk 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Margaret K. McElderry BooksISBN-13:9781442421561ISBN-10:1442421568UPC:9781442421561Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Biographical, Historical, People & PlacesBook Topic:United StatesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SC893DGB5T
Thelma 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.
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

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