|aNew York : |bHyperion Books for Children, |cc1992
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|a74 p. ; |c20 cm.
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|aMorning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world
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|aWinner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
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|aArawak Indians--Fiction
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|aArawak Indians--Juvenile fiction
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|aBrothers and sisters--Fiction
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|aIndians of the West Indies--Fiction
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|aAmerica--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Fiction
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|aWinner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
The award-winning author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water presents a tale based on an entry in the diary of Christopher Columbus that tells of a native family living in a vibrant community striving to coexist with the natural world.