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PW said that readers will "savor" this YA companion to Dorris's adult novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water; here, a younger Rayona is sent to foster homes when her Native American mother enters rehab, but ends up with her African-American father's relatives in Kentucky. Ages 10-up. (May)
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8. The story of 11-year-old Rayona, a character in Dorris's adult book, Yellow Raft in Blue Water. Her Native American mother is dysfunctional as a parent, yet Rayona obviously loves her. When Mom enters a chemical dependency treatment program, Rayona's black father, who has also been unreliable and is unwilling to care for her himself, cons a social-worker girl friend into sneaking her into a foster home. The first situation with a do-gooder family is a caricature pure and simple. Then, Rayona supposedly effects in a single evening a lasting personality shift in a rigid, retired African-American teacher. When neither placement works out, her father ships her off to the home of his mother, grandmother, and aunt. Despite the book's beautiful prose and Rayona's resilience in dealing with grim realities no child should ever have to face, there are problems. The adult characters lack depth and motivation. The girl's relatives in Kentucky, a family of women who previously appeared in Cloud Chamber, blend together, reduced to paper-doll images. Readers who go on to the adult books, which take place at different times, will find that they make no sense. As a prequel or a sequel, this is a complete non sequitir. Most troubling of all is the way the father gives Rayona power through sharing his secret with her. Rayona thinks, "Having a secret with somebody means they trust you, because you could always betray them....When you know somebody's secret, it's up to you to protect them. They need you." It is sad that neither the author nor Rayona ever seem to figure out what's wrong with that line of thought.?Carol A. Edwards, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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PW said that readers will "savor" this YA companion to Dorris's adult novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water; here, a younger Rayona is sent to foster homes when her Native American mother enters rehab, but ends up with her African-American father's relatives in Kentucky. Ages 10-up. (May)
Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8. The story of 11-year-old Rayona, a character in Dorris's adult book, Yellow Raft in Blue Water. Her Native American mother is dysfunctional as a parent, yet Rayona obviously loves her. When Mom enters a chemical dependency treatment program, Rayona's black father, who has also been unreliable and is unwilling to care for her himself, cons a social-worker girl friend into sneaking her into a foster home. The first situation with a do-gooder family is a caricature pure and simple. Then, Rayona supposedly effects in a single evening a lasting personality shift in a rigid, retired African-American teacher. When neither placement works out, her father ships her off to the home of his mother, grandmother, and aunt. Despite the book's beautiful prose and Rayona's resilience in dealing with grim realities no child should ever have to face, there are problems. The adult characters lack depth and motivation. The girl's relatives in Kentucky, a family of women who previously appeared in Cloud Chamber, blend together, reduced to paper-doll images. Readers who go on to the adult books, which take place at different times, will find that they make no sense. As a prequel or a sequel, this is a complete non sequitir. Most troubling of all is the way the father gives Rayona power through sharing his secret with her. Rayona thinks, "Having a secret with somebody means they trust you, because you could always betray them....When you know somebody's secret, it's up to you to protect them. They need you." It is sad that neither the author nor Rayona ever seem to figure out what's wrong with that line of thought.?Carol A. Edwards, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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