Morning Girl, Michael Dorris
Morning Girl, Michael Dorris
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Morning Girl

Author: Michael Dorris

Narrator: Eliza Duggan, Riley Duggan, Terry Bregy

Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2011

Synopsis

Through the alternating voices of twelve-year-old Morning Girl and her younger brother Star Boy, we step into the extraordinarily rich lives of an indigenous family on a Bahamian Island in 1492—just as their paradise is about to be discovered and a new world order begins to take shape.Beautifully painted in words by Michael Dorris and narrated with great sensitivity by sister and brother narrators Eliza and Riley Duggan, this exceptional recording will find its place in the hearts of listeners of all ages.

About Michael Dorris

Michael Anthony Dorris (1945–1997) was an American author and winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for his memoir, The Broken Cord. He and his wife, author Louise Erdrich, frequently collaborated in their writing. Michael also helped found the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth.

About Terry Bregy

Terry Bregy is a narrator of children’s and young adult books. Some of his published credits include Morning Girl, Paddle-to-the-Sea, and Across Five Aprils.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amani

"In the book Morning Girl by Michael Dorris, one of the main characters, Morning Girl talks about her relationship with her younger brother Star Boy. The novella contains the five literary elements, characters, diction, setting, conflict, and moral. The book overall is well written and is a satisfac......more

Goodreads review by Ch_jank-caporale

This book is a beautifully imagined example of walking in someone else’s moccasins. Michael Dorris, a mixed blood Modoc and head of Dartmouth’s Native American Studies program (until his death in 1997), tells the story of the first encounter of the Tainos with the men from Christopher Columbus’ voya......more

Awards

  • Booklist Editors’ Choice
  • Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
  • Horn Book Fanfare Best Book
  • New York Times Book Review Notable Book
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