Sacagawea, a Shoshone Native American, guided and interpreted for explorers Lewis and Clark as they traveled up the Mississippi, but she had adventures long before that one, like the time she was captured by the Minnetarees, and taken away from her family and everything that she knew and loved....---from the publisher
191 pages 978-0395404300 Ages 12 and up
Keywords: historical fiction, Native American, women, adventure, explorer, leadership, American history, 12 year old, 13 year old, 14 year old, biographical fiction
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A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and her cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.---from the publisher
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In Streams to the River, River to the Sea, Scott O'Dell relates the story of Sacagawea, the 13-year-old Shoshone princess who led Lewis and Clark from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. The story begins as she is kidnapped by Minnetaree warriors, delivered to chief Black Moccasin, and betrothed to Red Hawk.---from the publisher
