Image for Encounter

Encounter

by Jane Yolen

Synopsis

When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boy’s point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to warn his people against welcoming the strangers, who seemed more interested in golden ornaments than friendship. Years later the boy, now an old man, looks back at the destruction of his people and their culture by the colonizers.

Available format(s):

VOICEText (H)

Log in to read

What's an Audio Format

Book Information

Copyright year 1992
ISBN-13 9780152013899
ISBN-10 015201389X
Class Copyright
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Subject Fiction;Juvenile Fiction
File Size 6 MB
Number of Pages 32
Shelf No. KY235
Grade Range 1 - 4
Ages 6 - 9
Lexile 760L