Last Child
A mixed-race girl must grow up quickly when danger threatens her world Rosalie's biggest problem used to be her own divided feelings. The constant tug-of-war between her white half and her Native American half is hard. She even has two names: Rosalie when she's at the fort with her father and Last Child when she's in the village with her mother. But now a steamboat has carried smallpox into Rosalie's world--and the Mandans have no resistance to the disease. Suddenly the name Last Child is all too real. Set during the smallpox epidemic of 1837, this is the powerful story of a mixed-race girl fighting her way into adulthood against all odds.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0805077391
ISBN13:9780805077391
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company
Length:230 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"
Age Range:11 to 16 years
Grade Range:Grades 6 to 11
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
History Reality
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I had to read this for a college course and I'm glad I did. This is historical fiction that addresses the relationship between Native Americans and the Europeans in a true to life fashion. No sugar coating or misrepresentation. This is a great book.
Great book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Rosalie is a great character, one that readers might remember from Daniel's Walk as the feisty one with the smart mouth. She's clever and resourceful, but with a Mandan mother and a white father, she's a bit confused about who she is. She figures out who she is as she deals with a smallpox epidemic that pretty much wipes out her Mandan tribe. The historical detail is excellent, the plot moves along quickly, and the character of Rosalie is shaped perfectly all the way to the end.
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