Lana's Lakota Moons

By Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk

Publishers Summary:
Cousins Lori and Lana, Lakota Indians who have a close but competitive relationship, learn about their heritage and culture throughout the year, and when a Laotian-Hmong girl comes to their school, they make friends with her and "adopt" her as one of their own.

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ISBN
978-0-80326-028-3
Publisher
University of Nebraska


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Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

From the Moon When Winter Sets In (November) to the Moon When the Berries Are Ripe (June) and beyond, twelve-year-old Lakota cousins Lori and Lana squabble and go to school and squabble and go to church and squabble and learn to make star quilts...Quiet, responsible Lori, the narrator, resents reckless show-off Lana's knack of sweet-talking herself out of trouble. Lana can be a good kid—as when she tries to persuade the principal to extend Indian benefits to Hmong newcomer Shoua: "...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

Quiet, responsible narrator Lori and reckless show-off Lana are cousins. They often squabble, but whe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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