Kaya's Escape!: A Survival Story (American Girl Collection) - Hardcover

Shaw, Janet Beeler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 158485426X ISBN 13: 9781584854265

Publisher: Amer Girl Pub, 2002

Synopsis

In the winter of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perce village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Simultaneous.

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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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Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Girl Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 158485426X
• ISBN 13: 9781584854265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 72
• Illustrator: Farnsworth Bill, McAliley Susan