| Power Contributor(s): Hogan, Linda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393319687 ISBN-13: 9780393319682 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1999 Annotation: After witnessing the killing of a panther--considered to be the sacred ancestor of her people--a young Taiga girl is torn between the feelings of her Westernized mother and the traditions of her people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97042997 |
| Series: Norton Paperback Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.45 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When sixteen-year-old Omishto, a member of the Taiga Tribe, witnesses her Aunt Ama kill a panther-an animal considered to be a sacred ancestor of the Taiga people-she is suddenly torn between her loyalties to her Westernized mother, who wants her to reject the ways of the tribe, and to Ama and her traditional people, for whom the killing of the panther takes on grave importance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hogan, Linda: - Linda Hogan was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Mean Spirit. Her other honors include an American Book Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. |