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Ray, Deborah Kogan

Paiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca

48 pp. | Farrar/Foster | May, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-39897-2 $17.99

(2) 4-6 Nineteenth-century Native rights advocate Sarah Winnemucca used her formal education and her fluency in English to make speeches, write letters, circulate petitions, and travel to Washington, DC, to appeal to government officials. Ray's evenhanded account of the key events in Winnemucca's life is denser and longer than most picture book biographies, but there is still plenty of room for her dramatic full-color illustrations. Bib.

Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2012