Morning Girl

By Michael Dorris

Subjects: Alltag, Historical Fiction, Juvenile literature, Island life, Siblings, fiction, Konflikt, Mensch, Family life, fiction, Arawak Indians -- Fiction, Erwachsenwerden, Arawak Indians, Discovery and exploration, Schwester, Spanish, Natur, Spanish Discovery and exploration, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Bahamas, fiction, Gastfreundschaft, Children's fiction, Indians of the West Indies, Indians of the West Indies -- Fiction, Jugendbuch, America, discovery and exploration, fiction, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Columbus, christopher, 1451-1506, fiction, Arawak Indians -- Juvenile fiction, America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Fiction, Bruder, Brothers and sisters -- Fiction

Description: Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.