Jenny of the Tetons

Carrie Hill hates Indians. Indians killed her parents and ruined her life.
With nowhere else to go, fifteen-year-old Carrie signs on to help care for the family of Beaver Dick Leigh, an English trapper. 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 author

KRISTIANA GREGORY is the author of Earthquake at Dawn, The Legend of Jimmy Spoon, and Jenny of the Tetons, which won a Golden Kite Award and was an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. She began writing when she was eight years old. She has worked as a reporter, an editor, and a children's book reviewer. She lives with her family in Boise, Idaho.

Summary

Carrie Hill hates Indians. Indians killed her parents and ruined her life.
With nowhere else to go, fifteen-year-old Carrie signs on to help care for the family of Beaver Dick Leigh, an English trapper. 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.

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"A thoroughly involving story. . . . An impressive first novel."--Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will relish each page."--Publishers Weekly
"Smashing. . . . . I am as impressed with the emotion Kristiana Gregory has packed into her novel as I am with her vivid and detailed picture of pioneer life in America in the 1870s."--Clyde Robert Bulla

Product details

• Authors: Kristiana Gregory, Gregory Kristiana Gregory
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9780152167707
• ISBN: 978-0-15-216770-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 178 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 113 g
• Series: Great Episodes (Paperback); Great Episodes (Paperback); Great Episodes
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Violence *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Animals / Pets *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / Military & Wars *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Westerns *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Native American, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Places / Mexico