MORNING GIRL
The year is 1492 and the world is changing forever

Author: Michael Dorris
Narrators: Performed with great sensitivity by
sister/brother voices Eliza and Riley Duggan
 

Winner-Scott O'dell Award for Historical Fiction
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 1992
An American Bookseller Pick of the List

Family Listening - Ages: 9 and up

Cassette:
Length: 1.5 hrs /1 cassette
ISBN: 0-9741711-5-8
Price:$17.95

CD:
Length: 1.5 hrs / 2 CDS
ISBN: 0-9741711-6-6
Price: $24.95

Paperback price: $4.99

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Audio Reviews:

"Youthful brother and sister narrators are a great choice to interpret Dorris's novel, written from the point of view of Morning Girl and Star Boy, two Taino siblings living on a Bahamian island in 1492" PUBLISHERS WEEKLY/JAN 2005

Other Book Awards:

A Horn Book fan Fare Book
A Booklist Editor's choice/Starred review
School Library Journal starred review
Publishers Weekly starred review

SYNOPSIS:

Through the alternating voices of 12 year old Morning Girl and her younger brother Star Boy, we step into the extraordinary rich lives of an indigenous family on a Bahamian Island in 1492 - just as their paradise is about to be discovered and a new world order begins to take shape. This exceptional recording will find its place in the hearts of listeners of all ages!