Red Dove, Listen to the Wind

Red Dove, Listen to the Wind

by Sonia Antaki

Narrated by Shelley Baldiga

Unabridged — 5 hours, 41 minutes

Red Dove, Listen to the Wind

Red Dove, Listen to the Wind

by Sonia Antaki

Narrated by Shelley Baldiga

Unabridged — 5 hours, 41 minutes

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Overview

Set in the Dakota Territory of the 1890s, against the backdrop of Wounded Knee. Red Dove is the tale of a young girl caught between worlds, and the value of empathy. Abandoned by her white father, Red Dove faces a lean winter with her Lakota family on the Great Plains now empty of the buffalo that once sustained them. Willful and proud, she is presented with a choice: leave her people to live in the white world or stay, and watch them starve. Accompanied by her beloved pony, Red Dove begins a journey to find her true place in the world--and learns that her greatest power comes from within herself. ***2020 Moonbeam Bronze Award Winner, Pre-teen Cultural Fiction


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2019-07-14
Thirteen-year-old Red Dove's impetuous nature crosses the line when it comes to roles she should abide by in the traditional Lakota culture during the late summer of 1890.

Her frustrated mother blames Red Dove's disobedience on heritage from her white father, who abandoned the family years ago. When Red Dove and her brother are taken to the mission boarding school, she considers it "an adventure" to leave her family and learn white ways. Her grandfather offers Red Dove a pouch with a mysterious power that will keep them psychically linked and enable her to understand English. At the mission boarding school, Red Dove quickly learns that the adventure she expected is quite the opposite, as when she speaks her Lakota language she is punished, and then her hair is cut off. One of the nuns, Sister Mary Rose, befriends Red Dove, teaching Red Dove that there are similarities between the two and sharing secrets about "magic" with her. Tension on the plains is mounting, leading to violence; when a wounded white soldier arrives at the school, Red Dove seizes the chance and runs away to find her family. Though the book alludes to some of the abuse children experienced in mission schools, it soft-pedals the trauma with the incorporation of kind white characters. The climax relies on the magic of the pouch, cementing the unfortunate association of the Native characters with mysticism.

Stereotypical depictions of Native Americans undermine this effort. (glossary) (Historical fiction. 8-12)

Product Details

BN ID: 2940175090049
Publisher: One Elm Books, an imprint of Red Chair Press
Publication date: 09/01/2022
Edition description: Unabridged
Age Range: 10 - 13 Years
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