How the stars fell into the sky : a Navajo legend by Oughton, Jerrie Desimini, Lisa, illustrator. The pacing is not always consistent it's Welcome herself, not any inherent dramatic tension, that will hold readers. Childrens thin large softcover book How the stars fell into the sky, A Navajo Legend by Jerrie Oughton and Lisa Desimini. How the stars fell into the sky : a Navajo legend Item Preview.
Horn, neighbor to Welcome's aunt and uncle, survived WWII in a prisoner-of-war camp, feeding her infant twins on raw bird's eggs. For example, Evelyn Sue runs off to Hollywood in search of her beloved James Dean, but she returns with real wisdom and adult resolve. This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to.
The characters throughout are memorable like Welcome, each uniquely combines ordinary vulnerability with unexpected stores of strength. How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend. Her family ships her off to her childless aunt and uncle, which gives Welcome a chance to ponder her future. On the rebound, she lets a boy she doesn't love have intercourse with her-just once-and she gets pregnant. How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books) by Oughton, Jerry 29 August 1996 Paperback 453 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 11.00 8 Used from 11.00 1 Collectible from 29.00 Paperback from 33.98 1 Used from 33.98 1 New from 37. Bright and unusually ambitious (she wants to be a pediatrician), she struggles with adolescent awkwardness, strict parents and her first heartbreak. The narrator is 15-year-old Welcome (she was named by her older sister, Evelyn Sue, who ""wanted me to always know that, even though I was number three, I was certainly welcome""). |d - |e 221122 |f 102 |g 0 |h 100 |i 31277017119535 |j |k 08-25-2022 15:26 |l cenjf |o - |p $16.99 |q |r - |s - |t 0 |u 21 |v 10 |w 3 |x 0 |y .Set in 1950s small-town North Carolina and narrated by a ""good"" girl who gets pregnant, this novel would seem to be familiar-except that Oughton's (Music from a Place Called Half Moon) lyrical prose and perceptive characterizations revitalize the plot. |a Indians of North America |z Southwest, New |x Folklore. Physical Desc: 28 pages : color illustrations 26 cm. Our Best Sale Yet Add 4 Books Priced Under 5 To Your Cart Learn more.
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Buy How The Stars Fell Into The Sky: A Navajo Legend Paperback Book By: Jerrie Oughton from as low as 3.49.
» Book » How the stars fell into the sky: a Navajo legend (Book) Average Rating. |a Navajo Indians |v Folklore |v Juvenile literature. Home » Catalog How the stars fell into the. How the Stars Fell into the Sky A Navajo Legend derrie Oughton Illustrated by Lisa Desimini How the Stars Fell into the Sky by Jerrie Oughton ( 1992 ). |a A retelling of the Navaho legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky. |a How the stars fell into the sky : |b a Navajo legend / |c Jerrie Oughton illustrated by Lisa Desimini.
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