1992 Jefferson Cup Award Honor Book
CBC-NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies
IRA Young Adults' Choices
New York Public Library's 1992 Books for the Teen Age
Texas Lone Star Reading List 1994-1995
Praise for I Am Regina:
"Readers will hardly realize how much they're learning in the pleasure of the story." ~ School Library Journal
"A profoundly moving evocation of a terrible experience mitigated by faith, courage, and humanity, told with simplicity, compassion and admirable restraint. ~ Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"Not only does the book provide an interesting historical glimpse of both European settlers and Native Americans caught up in the tragic times, but I Am Regina is also a darn good story." ~ VOYA
About the Book
Kidnapped!
The cabin door crashes open and in a few minutes ten-year-old Regina's life changes forever. Her father and brother are killed, her family's Pennsylvania home burned to the ground. And Regina has been captured by Allegheny Indians. She can only hope that her mother, away from home this fateful day, lives.
Befriended by kindly Nonschetto, Regina begins her new life, learning to catch the wily fish maschilamek, to dance the Indian dance, to speak the Indian tongue, to stand up to the vicious Tiger Claw. Still, as the years go by, she does not forget the song she and her mother used to sing together. Will the two ever meet again?
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Based on a true story, ten-year-old Regina is kidnapped by Indians during the French and Indian Wars. During her nine-year captivity, Regina becomes almost Indian herself, but never gives up hope of one day being reunited with her white mother.
Teachers' Guide and Resources for I Am Regina
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