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Title: Meet Kaya: An American Girl (American Girls Collection (Paper)) by Janet Beeler Shaw, Bill Farnsworth, Susan McAliley, Janet Shaw ISBN: 1-58485-423-5 Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: fully fleshed characters, realistic lives
Comment: My daughter has read all of the American Girl books and immerses herself in the realities of the girls. Kaya is no exception.
Kaya's life, although very different than ours, is easy to imagine for children. There is enough detail for them to understand the community and community feeling of Kaya's group of Nez Perce. The characters are firmly developed, and unlike a teen reader, my daughter has no difficulty figuring out the roles each person plays, even though they don't necessarily use familiar terms like "mother" and "grandfather".
Kaya teaches my child that the Native Americans had dignity, a wonderful lifestyle, respect for nature, love for their families, as well as rights to live the lives they saw fit. Too bad that adults who destroyed the culture believed otherwise. Eventually, through the series, these issues are explored in the "Looking Back" section.
Rating: 5
Summary: Meet Kaya book review
Comment: I read Meet Kaya, an American girl.
I thought it was a really good book because I think Kaya is a cool character. Kaya is an Indian girl who loves to racehorses. Kaya races a boy named Raven because he makes fun of her horse. Kaya races Raven but her horse tries to buck her off. After the race is over Kaya has to find her brothers because she asked her blind friend Speaking Rain to watch her two brothers Wing feather and Sparrow while she races and then she lost them. Kaya is mad when all the kids call her Magpie. But she gets used to it because her grandmother Aalah tells her that her brother called her finger cakes and her friends still call her that for a joke.I recomend this book to anyone at any age level.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good story, excellent illustrations
Comment: This is the first book in the American Girls series about Kaya'aton'my', a nine-year-old Native-American girl growing up among the Nez Perce people in 1764. In this book, we meet Kaya, who is so proud of her horse. However, when Kaya leaves her little brothers (whom she is supposed to be watching) to race, she lands all of the children in trouble. And now, having earned the nickname of Magpie (a thoughtless bird), she finds that she has a lot to learn. But, seeking to help those around her, Kaya sets out to be a better person.
My daughter loves Kaya, and really enjoyed this book. The story was good (if a little unfocused), and the illustrations excellent. Unlike most other American Girls, Kaya's religion is alive for her and part of her life, which makes me wonder why they didn't do this for the others. Anyway, my daughter and I bother liked this book, and highly recommend it to you.
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