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The Talking Earth
The Talking Earth
Author: Jean Craighead George
ISBN-13: 9780439188272
ISBN-10: 043918827X
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 151
Edition: 1st Harper trophy ed
Rating:
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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2.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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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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This is a survival adventure about Billie Wind.

There is much for readers to absorb: the story's message that the earth is precious and we are all part of it will be well taken. This is from the back cover.

It is by the same author as Julie of the Wolves.