Kaya's Escape! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Shaw, Janet

ISBN 10: 0613462238 ISBN 13: 9780613462235

Publisher: Turtleback, 2002

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Enemy raiders are invading Kaya's village! Kaya's mother tells her to run for the woods with her blind sister, Speaking Rain. But Kaya wants to protect her horse, too. As Kaya hesitates, she and Speaking Rain are captured! How will they ever get back home?

About this title

From Booklist:

Reviewed with Janet Shaw's Meet Kaya.

Gr. 3-5. In 1764, nine-year-old Kaya lives in the traditional homeland of the Nez Perce tribe (present-day Idaho, Washington, and Oregon) with her parents, siblings, and Speaking Rain, a blind girl. In Meet Kaya, she neglects her duties and, when the other children find out, she wonders if she will ever live it down. In Kaya's Escape, Kaya and Speaking Rain are captured and taken to an enemy's camp. Determined to escape, Kaya struggles to make it home through the bitter winter weather without supplies. Nez Perce words are used throughout both stories, and a glossary is appended. A closing section in both titles provides cultural and historical information as well as pictures of the Nimiipuu, known today as the Nez Perce. The editorial staff of Pleasant Company worked with the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Council to create an advisory board that supervised all aspects of the project, including the decision to set the story before contact with white explorers and settlers. Both historically accurate and culturally sensitive, Kaya's stories are welcome additions to this publisher's output and a noteworthy result of a unique collaboration. Karen Hutt
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About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0613462238
• ISBN 13: 9780613462235
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Number of pages: 72
• Illustrator: Farnsworth Bill