| The Talking Earth Contributor(s): George, Jean Craighead (Author) |
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ISBN: 0064402126 ISBN-13: 9780064402125 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1987 Annotation: "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." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 82048850 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5" W x 7.77" (0.24 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Topical - Ecology - Geographic Orientation - Florida |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5089 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): George, Jean Craighead: - Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George. |