Interest Level
Grades 4 - 7
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.3
Lexile Measure®: 680L
DRA: 44
Guided Reading: T
Genre
- Historical Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Death, Grief, Loss
- Native American
- Tolerance and Acceptance
- Prejudice and Tolerance Experiences
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
The Golden Kite Award-winning story of Shoshoni Indian Jenny Leigh and her pioneer life in America in the 1870s.
Orphaned by an Indian raid while traveling West with a wagon train, fifteen-year-old Carrie Hill is befriended by the English trapper Beaver Dick and taken to live with his wife Jenny and their six children. Carrie Hill hates Indians. Indians killed her parents and ruined her life. To her dismay, Carrie discovers that Beaver Dick's wife, Jenny, is a Shoshoni Indian! But as Carrie's wounds heal under Jenny's gentle care, she begins to respect and love this kind woman.
Beginning each chapter with an excerpt from Beaver Dick Leigh's actual journals, Kristiana Gregory brings alive the people and the dramatic setting of a bygone era.
About the Authors or Illustrators
Kristiana Gregory is the bestselling author of many Dear America titles along with other books such as the award-winning Jenny and the Tetons. The Cabin Creek Mysteries are based on bedtime stories she told her sons when they were young and restless.
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