Red Dove, Listen to the Wind

Summary

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