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The book tells the story of a tweenage girl recalling her early childhood. Her family was forced to leave their native country and struggled to find a new home, enduring hardships such as a lack of food and shelter. Eventually, they found a safe place to stay, but the father received a job offer on another continent and had to move away.
Adolescent literacy refers to the ability of adolescents to read and write. Adolescence is a period of rapid psychological and neurological development, during which children develop morally (truly understanding the consequences of their actions), cognitively (problem-solving, reasoning, remembering), and socially (responding to feelings, interacting, cooperating).
The Horsecatcher is a 1957 adolescent historical novel by American author Mari Sandoz. The Horsecatcher was a Newbery Medal Honor Book in 1958. [1] [2] The book is "dedicated to the two great Cheyennes named Elk River, both council chiefs and peace men, one Keeper of the Sacred Arrows of the Cheyenne Indians, the other the greatest horsecatcher of all the High Plains".
Amik (beaver) is a being in traditional Anishinaabe stories that creates shared worlds. [5] The stories of Amik’s creations and how Amik teaches their child about the world serves to provide a greater understanding of relationships and what is important in life. Nokomis (grandmother) is another being from Anishinaabe folklore.
The Sacred Child: children represented as precious, fragile, and requiring protection The Child as Radically Other: presents children as inherently different from adults rather than as a developing adult The Developing Child: depicts the progression from child to adult and the facilitation this transformation
The Four Books and Five Classics: . The Five Classics (I Ching, Book of Documents, Classic of Poetry, Book of Rites, Spring and Autumn Annals); The Four Books (Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects, Mencius)
By the folklorists' definition, all myths are religious (or "sacred") stories, but not all religious stories are myths: religious stories that involve the creation of the world (e.g., the stories in the Book of Genesis) are myths; however, some religious stories that don't explain how things came to be in their present form (e.g., hagiographies ...
Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 [1] [2] and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as friendship, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. [3] It is characterized by simpler world building than adult literature as it seeks to highlight the experiences of adolescents in a variety of ...