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Title details for The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George - Available

The Talking Earth

by Jean Craighead George
Roslyn Alexander
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"Billie Wind lives with her Seminole tribe. She follows their customs, but the dangers of pollution and nuclear war she's learned about in school seem much more real to her. How can she believe the Seminole legends about talking animals and earth spirits? She wants answers, not legends. "You are a doubter,"say the men of the Seminole Council and so Billie goes out into the Everglades alone, to stay until she can believe. In the wilderness, she discovers that she must listen to the land and animals in order to survive. With an otter, a panther cub, and a turtle as companions and guides, she begins to understand that the world of her people can give her the answers she seeks.

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  • Release date

    December 1, 2015

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781490674285
      • File size: 137106 KB
      • Duration: 04:45:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Billie Wind is a doubter--she doesn't believe in things she can't see, hear or touch. However, with the help of Cootchobee and Petang, Billie Wind and the listener come to believe the Seminole legends in which the land and its animals do indeed talk. Clear and easy to listen to, Roslyn Alexander's reading brings alive the quest of Billie Wind. George is an extraordinary storyteller; together she and Alexander weave a magic tale, transporting the listener to the wilds of the Florida Everglades and into a hurricane. Young and old alike will enjoy this experience. S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 26, 1987
      A young woman of the Seminole tribe begins to question the validity of old customs over the more pressing problems of nuclear war and pollution, in a tale by the Newbery Medalist. Ages 10-up.

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