| Paint Contributor(s): Dance, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459728688 ISBN-13: 9781459728684 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Horses - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.30 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) - Commended The life story of a painted mustang set against the backdrop of America's Great Plains in the late 1800s. It's the late 1800s. A Lakota boy finds an orphaned mustang foal and brings her back to his family's camp, naming her Paint for her black-and-white markings. Boy and horse soon become inseparable. Together they learn to hunt buffalo, their fear of the massive beasts tempered by a growing trust in each other. When the U.S. Cavalry attacks the camp, the pair is forced onto separate paths. Paint's fate becomes entwined with that of settlers, who bring irreversible change to the grassland, setting the stage for environmental disaster. Bought and sold several times, Paint finally finds a home with English pioneers on the Canadian Prairie. With a great dust storm looming on the horizon, man and horse will need to work together if they hope to survive. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dance, Jennifer: - Jennifer Dance was born in England and holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture and Animal Science from the University of the West Indies. She migrated to Canada in 1979. With family in the Native community, Jennifer has a passion for equality and justice for all people. Her first novel, Red Wolf, was endorsed by Giller Prize-winning author Joseph Boyden. An avid environmentalist, Jennifer lives on a small farm in Stouffville, Ontario. |