"Paperback. Pub Date: 1996 Pages: 32 Publisher: Sandpiper This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land Using stars in the sky. only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote A retelling of the Navaho legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky."
Perfect Family(1st Edition) by JerrieOughton Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Hmh Books For Young Readers Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-395-98668-4, ISBN: 0-395-98668-0
"Welcome Marie O'Neal is finally starting to enjoy her 15th year and can't wait to turn 16. She meets Nicholas Canton and, though her parents don't approve, the two start dating. Soon Welcome is head over heels in love and she can't believe it won't last forever. But the romance ends with the summer and when things fall apart, Welcome finds herself confused, heartbroken, and...in trouble. There aren't many people Welcome can turn to for ..."
"The summer Edie Jo meets Cherokee Fish is the summer her whole world changes. Her town is astir with anti-Native American tension, and it seems that her father is the only person in all of North Carolina who believes in integration. Thirteen-year-old Edie Jo isn't even sure how she feels, and the entrance of the mysterious Cherokee Fish confuses her even more. Little by little, though, she and this gentle Indian boy begin to share their ..."
The War in Georgia by JerrieOughton Hardcover, 183 Pages, Published 1997 by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-395-81568-7, ISBN: 0-395-81568-1
The War in Georgia by JerrieOughton Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1999 by Laurel Leaf ISBN-13: 978-0-440-22752-6, ISBN: 0-440-22752-6
"Living in Georgia during World War II, thirteen-year-old Shanta sometimes feels that her family and neighborhood are more hopeless battlefields that those in foreign lands."
"This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote."
"In the summer of 1956, thirteen-year-old Edie Jo Houp, of Half Moon, North Carolina, must come to terms with entrenched prejudices against Native Americans and with the death of a special friend. By the author of The Magic Weaver of Rugs. "
"But for now, the milestone on the horizon was the annual church covered-dish
dinner. It was held on September 15, after preaching. I'd like to say the people in
Davis Bottoms were invited, too, but they were not. "Can I just invite Leona's
family ..."
The War in Georgia by JerrieOughton 183 Pages, Published 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-544-27177-7, ISBN: 0-544-27177-7
"There are Dennie and Earl and their next oldest sister Eliza- beth and me. Since
it's pouring rain, we are playing at the kitchen table in Dennie's house, which
shocks me. I've never been allowed inside their house before. I have just sold all
of ..."
Perfect Family by JerrieOughton 208 Pages, Published 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-544-00302-6, ISBN: 0-544-00302-0
Perfect Family by JerrieOughton Hardcover, Published 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Co ISBN-13: 978-0-395-98669-1, ISBN: 0-395-98669-9
"Welcome Marie O'Neal is finally starting to enjoy her 15th year and can't wait to turn 16. She meets Nicholas Canton and, though her parents don't approve, the two start dating. Soon Welcome is head over heels in love and she can't believe it won't last forever. But the romance ends with the summer and when things fall apart, Welcome finds herself confused, heartbroken, and...in trouble. There aren't many people Welcome can turn to for ..."
The War in Georgia by JerrieOughton Library, Published 1999 by Econo-Clad Books ISBN-13: 978-0-613-15341-6, ISBN: 0-613-15341-3
"Living in Georgia during World War II, thirteen-year-old Shanta sometimes feels that her family and neighborhood are more hopeless battlefields that those in foreign lands."
"This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote."
"FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote."
"Two women from a starving tribe go to the Spider Woman for help, and learn to build looms, dye wool, and weave with their very souls. Not until they return home, teach their tribe to weave, and begin to prosper, do they realize the value of their skills. A dramatic explanation of the origin of Navajo rugs and the skills of their weavers."