Morning Girl

By Michael Dorris

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