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The Talking Earth
by Jean Craighe George
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ISBN13: 9780064402125 
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
"Billie Wind lives with her Seminole tribe. She follows their customs, but the dangers of pollution and nuclear war she's learned about in school seem much more real to her. How can she believe the Seminole legends about talking animals and earth spirits? She wants answers, not legends.
"You are a doubter,"say the men of the Seminole Council and so Billie goes out into the Everglades alone, to stay until she can believe. In the wilderness, she discovers that she must listen to the land and animals in order to survive. With an otter, a panther cub, and a turtle as companions and guides, she begins to understand that the world of her people can give her the answers she seeks.
Synopsis:
Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital messages.
Synopsis:
Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Synopsis:
"Billie Wind is disciplined for doubting the beliefs of her Seminole tribe. She chooses her punishment--to journey into the Florida Everglades until she hears the animal gods who talk. . . . The conservation message grows naturally out of the excitement of the survival adventure story."--"The New York Times."
About the Author
Jean Craighead George is the author of over eighty books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and her novel My Side of the Mountain was a Newbery Honor Book in 1960. She has continued to write acclaimed picture books and novels that celebrate the natural world. She lives in Chappaqua, New York, and has had over 173 pets in the time she has lived there, among them geese and ducks.
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with MyNose in a Book, October 28, 2006 (view all comments by with MyNose in a Book)
Excellent way to explore a remote part of the world (Everglades of Florida).
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780064402125
- Author:
- Publisher:
- HarperTrophy
- Author:
- Author:
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Children's fiction
- Subject:
- Action & Adventure
- Subject:
- Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Indians of north america
- Subject:
- Ethnic - Native American
- Subject:
- Ecology
- Subject:
- Nature & the Natural World - Environment
- Subject:
- Mikasuki Indians
- Subject:
- Mikasuki Indians -- Fiction.
- Subject:
- Everglades
- Subject:
- Nature & the Natural World - Environment & Ecology
- Subject:
- People & Places - United States - Native American
- Subject:
- Action & Adventure - General
- Subject:
- Nature & the Natural World - Ecology
- Copyright:
- c198
- Edition Description:
- 1st Harper trophy ed.
- Series Volume:
- no. 16
- Publication Date:
- October 1987
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- - Up
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 7.58x5.28x.36 in. .24 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 09-12
