The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
by Ann Turner • Book 16 of the Dear America Series
Sarah Nita, a Navajo, narrates to her granddaughter her story of the 1864 "Long Walk,"... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 1999
Word Count 34,298
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 32208, 5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Navajo girls--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction
- Relocation
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Fiction
- Navajo girls
- Navajo Indians--Fiction
- Navajo Indians--Relocation--Juvenile fiction
- History
- Southwest, New
- Social conditions
- Navajo Indians
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Navajo Indians--History--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Indians of North America
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