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Morning Girl

by Michael Dorris · 1990

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Named by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 1992, this award-winning tale focuses on Morning Girl and her brother Star Boy. Living in 1492 Bahamas, the two island children are very different, yet through the book's beautiful pages, they grow closer. In the final chapter, the children innocently greet Europeans intent on conquering their paradise.

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diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thissiblingssiblingsMore like thisLess of thisteachersteachersMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisimmigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of this
Setting
USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 80 pages

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