Nacar, the White Deer: A Story of Old Mexico (Living History Library) [Paperback]

Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Living History Library

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño Friendship springs up between a boy who has lost his voice and his mother at the same tragic moment, and an ailing albino deer sent from China as a gift to the King of Spain. It is Lalo's task to nurture the deer back to health so that he will be well enough for the voyage to Spain. This story of Mexico in 1630 follows young Lalo on his journey back to the Mountain of the Sleeping Lady.  The journey and months the deer and the boy spend with Lalo's goats are full both of dangers found in a wild landscape and of charming incidents found in a people brimming with life and faith.  As with any friendship there is sorrow as well as joy, and Lalo grows in wisdom and courage as he comes to accept even the uncertainties and difficulties of the trust he has been given. By the Newbery Award-winning author of My Heart Lies South.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Bethlehem Books (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883937914
• ISBN-13: 978-1883937911
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,014,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Childhood Favorite, February 22, 2009

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Dana Carpender (Bloomington, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nacar, the White Deer: A Story of Old Mexico (Living History Library) (Paperback)

When I was a kid, our elementary school librarians had a very neat trick: They'd read us a chapter or two of a book, get us interested, and then say, "If you'd like to read the rest, it will be available for you to borrow at the front desk." One book with which they did this was Nacar The White Deer. I did, indeed, borrow it, and I loved it, and borrowed and re-read it again and again. It's a timeless story of a child's adventure, set in a time and place most American children know nothing about. I re-read Nacar again as an adult, and, like all great children's literature, it held up -- after all, a great story is a great story.

Please, introduce your children to Nacar the White Deer.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A sweet little story, July 1, 2007

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Florentius (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nacar, the White Deer: A Story of Old Mexico (Living History Library) (Paperback)

This is the tale of a young, mute Indian boy named Lalo and his gift with animals. Lalo, an orphaned goatherd in 17th century Mexico, is given charge of a very special creature--a white deer sent from the orient to be a gift to the King of Spain. The deer is named Nacar and he's in bad shape after a perilous journey from the Orient in the hold of a galleon. It's up to Lalo to nurse the deer back to health and shepherd him across Mexico to disembark for Spain.

Nacar the White Deer is a gentle story easily read by kids and young as 10. It's light on the action and the "nuzzling" and "cuddling" might be a little much for your average young boy reader, but it's a good tale nonetheless with a bit of a surprise ending.