by Ann Rinaldi · Scholastic Inc. · tapa dura · ISBN 9780590149228
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Delve into the diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl, as she narrates her life in a government-run school in Pennsylvania in 1880. Through her entries, Nannie reveals her deep desire to help her people, adapting to a constantly changing world while struggling to maintain her cultural roots. This moving story, set in the Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, offers an intimate look at the life of a resilient young woman seeking her place in a challenging environment.
Ann Rinaldi was an American journalist and young adult fiction author. She was best known for her historical fiction, including In My Father's House, The Last Silk Dress, An Acquaintance with Darkness, A Break with Charity, Numbering All The Bones and Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons. She wrote more than forty novels(54 to be exact), eight of which were listed as notable by the ALA. In 2000, Wolf by the Ears was listed as one of the best young adult novels of the preceding twenty-five years, and later of the last one hundred years. She also wrote for the Dear America series.
