DEAR AMERICA: Navajo Girl

Books covering the poor treatment of Native Americans are always hard for me to read and this one is no different. It's written in an excellent manner with Sarah Nita telling her granddaughter to write down the story of what happened to her and her family in 1863.

Sarah Nita and her little sister are off tending the sheep when soldiers raid their home and march their family away. The girls spend days fleeing with only their dog for protection to a canyon, where others are known to live. They meet a new family and remain there for awhile, but it's only a matter of time before the soldiers find them, too. Then begins the Long Walk down to Fort Sumner, where thankfully, Sarah Nita is reunited with her parents. They spend four long years there, then are allowed to return home.

The book is well-written and you can tell by her page of thanks that the author had knowledgeable help in the writing of the book.

ETA: I completely forgot to add the picture of the prototype Sarah Nita doll! She was one of the sadly unproduced set of four.