Customer Reviews

Spirit Line

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This book has realistic characters, a good mystery, and does a really excellent job of introducing 5th to 9th graders to Navajo culture in a non-boring and non-lecturing way. My daughter and I read the book together in the evenings, and it was so interesting to her that she was finding excuses to head up a bit early. I really hope the authors consider writing another book for children this age.

Well of course it's not Tonny Hillerman. However, the characters are interesting and it's a very pleasant yarn and a nice way to absorb a little Navaho culture.

To my very limited knowledge, the authors seem to have made a real effort to accurately describe traditional Navaho beliefs and some of the real conflicts with modern life.

I had to read this book for a class about teaching diverse literature. I would recommend it for grades 6-8 readers.

This book was not very good, I personally thought. I wouldn't waste my time reading it. I had to read it for my school's Battle of the Books. While my peers enjoyed it, I hated it. The book was soo draggy and kept on repeating itself. It sounded so much like how the elementary school teachers taught you how to write. Not a very good plot either, besides the part when Crystal's (the main character) rug got stolen, but I think we all got the point when they kept on the repeating that part for like half of the book (it's true!). Not something worth spending your money on. Not much of a mystery either.