Brief Description: 15 yo Native American Navajo girl and her family evicted from land by American soldiers and forced to march Long Walk
Geographical Setting: Arizona, Bosque Reondondo, Canyon de Chelly, New Mexico, North America, United States
Historical Era: 1860s, 19th Century
Date Range: 1863-1865
Keywords: Bosque Redondo, Fort Sumner, Native American Apache, Native American Navajo, Native Americans, The Long Walk
Original Publication: 1970
Suitable for Grades: 5-7th
Target Audience: Middle Grade
Librarian's Review
Fifteen-year-old Bright Morning is a young Navajo girl happily living with her family in Canyon de Chelly when American soldiers arrive to round them up and march them to Bosque Redondo in what became known as the Long Walk. Bright Morning plots her escape from Bosque Redondo with the reluctant Tall Boy, a hunter whose injured shoulder renders him almost, but not quite, useless. This short novella is another well-researched and compelling historical novel featuring Native Americans from Scott O’Dell.