Bright Morning, a young Navajo girl, tells of her life in the Canyon de Chelly before the American army forced her people on the Long Walk in 1864. She describes tending sheep, a quiet courtship, and the loss that comes when she is carried off by Spanish slave raiders. After escaping she returns home to find that the army is pushing the Navajo to Fort Sumner in a march of hundreds of miles. Scott O'Dell tells the history through her simple, clear voice, marking the suffering and the Navajo attachment to land.
Middle-grade readers and classrooms studying westward expansion will find a plain account of its human cost. It is a solid pick for anyone seeking historical fiction from the Native point of view.
Clear-cut; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
