| Girl Warrior Contributor(s): Peone, Carmen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1732335605 ISBN-13: 9781732335608 Publisher: Carmen Peone OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 8" (0.86 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charnaye Toulou has her sights pinned on winning the World Famous Suicide horse race during the Omak Stampede. The purse will help ease a financial burden of her paraplegic father, worn out mother, and ill grandfather. But more than that, she wants the respect earned from becoming "King of the Hill." This race has been a long time rite of passage for male Natives. Charnaye is up for the challenge to prove females too can be awarded a warrior status as times are changing. But when bully Hagan Hurst chokes her and causes her self-esteem to plummet, she hooks up with her Okanogan relatives and a horse that can take her the distance. Anonymous threatening letters find her and they all point to Hagan. Her father and mother become overly protective, but she meets a woman who has run the race, jumpstarting her confidence. The day after Charnaye graduates from high school, she jumps in with cousin and trainer Craig Stuart and heads for her relative's Omak ranch. And so do the letters. Charnaye begins the rigorous training it takes to become "King of the Hill," or in her case, "Queen," and tries to figure out who is behind the threating letters. She combats fear and anxiety, fighting to fulfill this rite of passage.
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Contributor Bio(s): Peone, Carmen: - Carmen Peone is an award-winning author who lives in Northeast Washington, on the Colville Confederated Indian Reservation, since 1988 with Joe, her tribal member husband, gleaning cultural knowledge from family and friends. She had worked with the late tribal elder, Marguerite Ensminger, for three years learning the Arrow Lakes-Sinyekst- Language and various cultural traditions and legends. She enjoys her horses and competing in Mountain Trail Competitions. With a degree in psychology, the thought of writing never entered her mind, until she married her husband and they moved to the reservation after college. She came to love the people and their heritage and wanted to create a legacy for her family. |
