The Talking Earth
by Jean Craighead George 2020-11-22 21:55:48
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"Billie Wind lives with her Seminole tribe. She follows their customs, but the dangers of pollution and nuclear war she''s learned about in school seem much more real to her. How can she believe the Seminole legends about talking animals and earth sp... Read more
"Billie Wind lives with her Seminole tribe. She follows their customs, but the dangers of pollution and nuclear war she''s learned about in school seem much more real to her. How can she believe the Seminole legends about talking animals and earth spirits? She wants answers, not legends.

"You are a doubter,"say the men of the Seminole Council and so Billie goes out into the Everglades alone, to stay until she can believe. In the wilderness, she discovers that she must listen to the land and animals in order to survive. With an otter, a panther cub, and a turtle as companions and guides, she begins to understand that the world of her people can give her the answers she seeks. Less

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  • 7.62 X 5.12 X 0.32 i
  • 160
  • HarperCollins
  • October 23, 1987
  • English
  • 9780064402125
"I write for children. Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am too. So I tell them stories about a boy and a falcon, a girl and an elegant wolf pack, about owls, weasels, foxes...
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