The silent stranger : a Kaya mystery /

Shaw, Janet Beeler, 1937-

The silent stranger : a Kaya mystery / by Janet Shaw ; [illustrations by Jean-Paul Tibbles]. - Middleton, WI : Pleasant Co. Publications, 2005. - 132 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - American girl American Girl mysteries . - American Girl mysteries. American girls collection. .

A stranger with injured hands -- Many questions and a warning -- Runs in circles -- The tattered doll -- Danger for a dog -- Little questions and big questions -- Night of the spirit dances -- A visit from a wolf -- Hawk woman's story -- Gift from the stick people -- Hawk rising.

In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Percé village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.

Ages 9 and up.

1584859903 (pbk.) 1584859989 9781584859901 (pbk.)

2004060216


Nez Percé Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Northwest, Pacific--History--18th century--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.

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