In a voice that resonates with insight and humor, New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith tells the story of a teenage girl who must face down her grief and reclaim her place in the world with the help of her intertribal community.
It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff's best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around Aunt Georgia's Indian Camp in their mostly white midwestern community, Rain decides to face the outside world again, with a new job photographing the campers for her town's newspaper.
Soon, Rain has to decide how involved she wants to become in Indian Camp. Does she want to keep a professional distance from her fellow Native teens? And, though she is still grieving, will she be able to embrace new friends and new beginnings?
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 06/19/2001
ISBN: 9780688173975
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.59h x 5.74w x 0.68d
Award: Oklahoma Book Award - Honor Book
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/2001 pg. 666
Ingram Children's Advance 07/01/2001 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 07/09/2001 pg. 68
School Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 156
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 101 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 101 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 50386 / Rain Is Not My Indian Name
Reading Level: 5.8 /
Interest Level: Middle Grade /
Point Value: 5