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In 1884, eight-year-old Gertrude Bonnin was taken from her family on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota and brought to a boarding school in Indiana. Like thousands of other Native American children at that time, she was forced to give up her language, customs, dress, and religious practices. She rebelled. Later, she renamed herself Zitkala-Sa, which means “Red Bird,”
and became a writer, and one of the most important Native American reformers of the early 20th century.
To re-create Zitkala-Sa’s life for today’s readers, Doreen Rappaport drew from Zitkala-Sa’s own moving and dramatic writings, scoured archives, visited reservations, and spoke with scholars and those who knew her. The Flight of Red Bird will inspire every reader who dreams of making a difference.
Doreen Rappaport is known for her thoroughly researched nonfiction that reads like fiction and her lyrical retelling of tales of other cultures. Among her award-winning books are American Women: Their Lives in Their Words (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults), and Trouble at the Mines (a Jane Addams Honor Book). Other books in the StarWalk Kids Media Library include Living Dangerously: American Women Who Risked Their Lives for Adventure, The School Is Not White, and Tinker vs. Des Moines.

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