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The Girl Who Married The Moon

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The stories that this book tells are incredible teachings that let our imagination flow. We see how strong women can be. Some stories talk about young girls and how they grow and become women. These Northeastern, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Northwestern Native American stories are intriguingly magical, sad, and even hysterical at times. We read 16 stories of 16 girls in adolescence all of whom mature. Penobscot, Seneca, Mohegan, Cherokee, Muskogee, Peoria, Caddo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Cochiti Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, Cheyenne, and Alutiq, among others, are cultures that are learned about in these stories. There is that girl, who married the moon. There is another, who made us humans lose the trust of turkeys, which has made them wild. Read tales passed down generations from the Native American culture.
My opinion: I thought this book was alright. It wasn't too intriguing to begin with when I picked it up, but I would rate it a good 3 out of 5 stars. I wasn't bored to death by the stories. The way of retelling the story as Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross did, was pretty good. It was pretty cool that they told a little bit about the northeastern, southeastern, northwestern, and southwestern parts before continuing the storytelling.

This book provides four folktales each from four different regions of the United States: northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest. The stories center around themes that celebrate womanhood, coming of age and the passage from girlhood to womanhood. These stories were delightful and entertaining. I believe any child, especially a girl, would enjoy these folktales and stories of strong and courageous women.

The stories that this book tells are incredible teachings that let our imagination flow. We see how strong women can be. Some stories talk about young girls and how they grow and become women. These Northeastern, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Northwestern Native American stories are intriguingly magical, sad, and even hysterical at times. We read 16 stories of 16 girls in adolescence all of whom mature. Penobscot, Seneca, Mohegan, Cherokee, Muskogee, Peoria, Caddo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Cochiti Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, Cheyenne, and Alutiq, among others, are cultures that are learned about in these stories. There is that girl, who married the moon. There is another, who made us humans lose the trust of turkeys, which has made them wild. Read tales passed down generations from the Native American culture.
My opinion: I thought this book was alright. It wasn't too intriguing to begin with when I picked it up, but I would rate it a good 3 out of 5 stars. I wasn't bored to death by the stories. The way of retelling the story as Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross did, was pretty good. It was pretty cool that they told a little bit about the northeastern, southeastern, northwestern, and southwestern parts before continuing the storytelling.

This book is a very, very, very good book. In this book the language is written in a neat way. In the beggining of the story it starts with a catchy line then goes "Once upon a time" like a childrens book.
There is four sections, the Northeast, the Southeast, the Southwest, and the Northwest. In these sections there is different short stories about the tales of that section like , "Turkey Girl"from the southwest section.
My favorite short storie is "The Girl Who Married the Moon". I like it because it has two people together, but one the moon in this case the moon is always working, but in the end they worked there problem out. I really liked this book.