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PEOPLE OF THE SKY

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This book is about a young woman, Kesbe, who is a descendant of the Pueblo, and it is set hundreds of years in the future. While making a delivery of an ancient airplane to a collector on the planet Oneway, she crash lands in a storm and is rescued by a boy riding a giant dragonfly-like creature called an Aronan, and who is a descendant of a long vanished Pueblo Indian colony. Kesbe is forced to reconnect with the culture she tried to abandon, and learn to understand their primitive yet complex society in order to save them, and herself. This book is facinating, and the culture of the people is described in great detail. The bond between the people and their Aronans, and the mystery surrounding the fact that only the children have Aronans and that the Aronans disappear after a secretive coming-of-age ceremony will keep you guessing. This is definitely a page turner, and it made me fear for the fate of the children and their aronans. I felt just about every emotion while reading this: anticipation, fear, disgust, and relief. I highly recommend this book. Read it.

This low review is not for the story itself, but this reprint edition. I read an older hardback copy from my local library, enjoyed the story, and decided to purchase a physical copy for myself. What a terrible mistake-this is one of the worst reprints I've ever come across: multiple typos on nearly every page, character's names spelled incorrectly, missing punctuation.

If you are going to buy this book, purchase an older copy. To the current publisher-what a disgraceful way to treat this book!

I just started watching Avatar (popular movie) yesterday and was knocked out to see themes from this book in the movie. Yes they got some of the flying parts from this book. Very worth reading, I haven't read a bad book by Claire Bell yet. She is also sympathetic to Native American cultures. Hurrah!