The Resource The talking earth, Jean Craighead George
The talking earth, Jean Craighead George
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The item The talking earth, Jean Craighead George represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital messages. A Seminole girl is forced to spends three months and survive alone in the Everglades. "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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Harper trophy edition.
- Extent
- 151 pages
- Note
- "A Harper trophy book."
- Isbn
- 9780064402125
- Label
- The talking earth
- Title
- The talking earth
- Statement of responsibility
- Jean Craighead George
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital messages. A Seminole girl is forced to spends three months and survive alone in the Everglades. "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
- Cataloging source
- TUL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1919-2012
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- George, Jean Craighead
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 770L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- LC call number
- PZ7.F2933
- LC item number
- Tal 1987
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 5.2
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Indians of North America
- Ecology
- Mikasuki Indians
- Seminole Indians
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Ecology
- Seminole Indians
- Ecology
- Everglades (Fla.)
- Everglades (Fla.)
- Everglades (Fla.)
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- The talking earth, Jean Craighead George
- Note
- "A Harper trophy book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 238330
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Harper trophy edition.
- Extent
- 151 pages
- Isbn
- 9780064402125
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780064402125
- (OCoLC)16907258
- Label
- The talking earth, Jean Craighead George
- Note
- "A Harper trophy book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 238330
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Harper trophy edition.
- Extent
- 151 pages
- Isbn
- 9780064402125
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780064402125
- (OCoLC)16907258
Subject
- Ecology -- Juvenile fiction
- Everglades (Fla.) -- Fiction
- Everglades (Fla.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction
- Ecology -- Fiction
- Seminole Indians -- Fiction
- Seminole Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- Mikasuki Indians -- Fiction
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