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Running with Changing Woman / written by Lorinda Martinez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martinez, Lorinda, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navajo girls--Fiction.
- Navajo girls.
- Navajo women--Fiction.
- Navajo women.
- Navajo youth--Fiction.
- Navajo youth.
- Kinaaldá (Navajo rite)--Fiction.
- Kinaaldá (Navajo rite).
- Navajo Indians--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Navajo Indians.
- Navajo Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Fiction.
- Indigenous women--Southwest, New--Juvenile fiction.
- Indigenous women.
- Indigenous youth--Southwest, New--Juvenile fiction.
- Indigenous youth.
- Navajo Indians--Juvenile fiction.
- Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah--Juvenile fiction.
- Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
- Indigenous women--Juvenile literature.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Arizona.
- New Mexico.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 326 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Flagstaff, Arizona : Salina Bookshelf, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- "Samantha is a Navajo girl attending Atsá Mesa Community School on the Navajo Reservation. Her life has seemed pretty average when one day at school her body suddenly changes. As a ́Diné, Samantha must now prepare for the Diné womanhood ceremony called the Kinaaldá, a ceremony once performed by the Navajo deity, Changing Woman. With her life now filled with more drama than ever before, she's reluctant to participate in the demanding four-day ceremony. With a whirlwind of new adventures and pep talks from those closest to her, Sam's family and her two best friends do their best to help Sam deal with bullies, boys, and her new responsibilities as a Diné woman."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter One: The Bus Ride Home; Chapter Two: Mission Impossible; Chapter Three: Kim's Story; Chapter Four: Mom's Story; Chapter 5: New Rituals; Chapter Six: Ms. Janice's Story; Chapter Seven: Encore of Embarrassment; Chapter Eight: Feast De La Feast; Chapter Nine: Mrs. Lobo's Story; Chapter Ten: Crash Course; Chapter Eleven: So It Begins; Chapter Twelve: Over the Hill and Through the Desert; Chapter Thirteen: Settling In; Chapter Fourteen: Rebecca's Story; Chapter Fifteen: Teacher Sam; Chapter Sixteen: The Testing of Sam and Rebecca; Chapter Seventeen: Sam's Test Continues; Chapter Eighteen: The Grind; Chapter Nineteen: The Final Count Down; Chapter Twenty: Two Arrivals; Chapter Twenty-One: The Sing; Chapter Twenty-Two: Who Wants Cake?; Glossary.
- Notes:
- Cover design by Brittany Gene; Navajo translations by Geneva Ann Johnson.
- American Indian Youth Literature Award - Young Adult, Honor Book, 2024
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.
- Cited in:
- Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (October 16, 2023) https://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
- ISBN:
- 9781960830005
- 1960830007
- OCLC:
- 1390892698
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