Lana's Lakota Moons

Paperback

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk 저자(글)

Bison Books · 2007년 11월 01일

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Cousins Lori and Lana, Lakota Indians who have a close but competitive relationship, learn about their heritage and culture throughout the year, and when a Laotian-Hmong girl comes to their school, they make friends with her and "adopt" her as one of their own.
This charming and poignant contemporary story about two Lakota girls and their Laotian friend illuminates for children and adults the Lakota meaning of family, friendship, life, and death. In the Lakota way, Lana and her cousin Lori are like sisters, growing up together under the caring eyes of an extended family of parents and grandparents. Also like sisters, they have their share of squabbles and fights, but when they meet a new girl at school who has recently arrived from Laos, they are drawn closer by their shared friendship, their discoveries about cultural differences, and their experience with loss and death. An image of footprints in the snow, one under the other so that it looks as if only one person is walking, becomes the central compelling image in the story. "We can't keep snow from melting," says Grandpa, "But the footprints will always be there, even if we can't see them." Taking her inspiration from Lakota and Asian students in her home state of South Dakota, award-winning children's writer Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve has crafted a simple story of friendship that survives a tragic year, beautifully illuminating along the way many profound truths about the human spirit.
"[An] unassuming yet potent chronicle of a fateful year in the lives of two preteen cousins." Publishers Weekly
"[An] unassuming yet potent chronicle of a fateful year in the lives of two preteen cousins."Publishers Weekly
"Both educational and historical in nature, Lana's Lokota Moonsis sure to capture the interest of the young and the young-at-heart. With its beautifully narrated legends and amusing characters, Sneve has created a story that is both a tribute to her heritage and a poignant chronicle of the end of adolescent innocence." ForeWord
"Both educational and historical in nature,Lana's Lokota Moonsis sure to capture the interest of the young and the young-at-heart. With its beautifully narrated legends and amusing characters, Sneve has created a story that is both a tribute to her heritage and a poignant chronicle of the end of adolescent innocence."ForeWord
"I can't imagine a young reader of this book who won't be drawn to the portrait of the strong community around these girls that Driving Hawk Sneve creates."Jenny Shank, New West
"I can't imagine a young reader of this book who won't be drawn to the portrait of the strong community around these girls that Driving Hawk Sneve creates."Jenny Shank,New West
"The mix of Great Plains history with the contemporary scene rings true. . . . Lori's lively personal narrative will draw readers as she copes with anger, guilt, sorrow, and finally, the loss of her sister, even as she realizes that, in the Lakota way, the girls will always be connected."Hazel Rochman, Booklist
"The mix of Great Plains history with the contemporary scene rings true. . . . Lori's lively personal narrative will draw readers as she copes with anger, guilt, sorrow, and finally, the loss of her sister, even as she realizes that, in the Lakota way, the girls will always be connected."Hazel Rochman,Booklist
"This beautifully written short volume by an award-winning Lakota author tells a story of two modern day preteen Lakota cousins, Lana and Lori, their families and their growing up in the Lakota way." Kliatt
"This beautifully written short volume by an award-winning Lakota author tells a story of two modern day preteen Lakota cousins, Lana and Lori, their families and their growing up in the Lakota way."Kliatt
"This is a story seeped in native traditions, and as Lori and Lana learn about their Indian ancestors, we learn to appreciate life and family."Nina Murray, Skipping Stones
"This is a story seeped in native traditions, and as Lori and Lana learn about their Indian ancestors, we learn to appreciate life and family."Nina Murray,Skipping Stones
A simple story of friendship that survives a tragic year, beautifully illuminating along the way many profound truths about the human spirit
"Lori is a quiet, contemplative bookworm. Lana is an outspoken adventuress. Different as they are, they are first cousins, sisters in the Lakota way. And when both befriend a Hmong girl new to their school, the discovery of a culture so strange to them and so rich with possibilities brings them together as never before in an experience of life and loss. As the girls learn of the moons of the Lakota calendar, they also learn that the circle of life is never broken, even when death comes to one of them."--BOOK JACKET.

작가정보

저자(글) Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk

목차

• Acknowledgments	p. vii
  Lakota Moons	p. viii
  Moon When Winter Sets In	p. 1
  Moon When Deer Shed Their Antlers	p. 13
  Moon When There Is Frost inside the Lodge	p. 23
  Moon When the Geese Return	p. 33
  Moon When the Leaves Turn Green	p. 43
  Moon When the Berries Are Ripe	p. 51
  Moon of New Names	p. 63
  Moon When the Buffalo Run	p. 77
  Moon When the Leaves Blow Off	p. 89
  Moon of the Hats	p. 97
  Moon of the Dance	p. 103
  Moon of the Terrible	p. 111
  Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

기본정보

ISBN	9780803260283 ( 0803260288 )
발행(출시)일자	2007년 11월 01일
쪽수	128쪽
크기	140 * 213 * 10 mm / 159 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어