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Napoli, Donna Jo

The Crossing

40 pp. | Atheneum | June, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-9474-9 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jim Madsen. Sacagawea's infant son, carried on her back, narrates this story. Napoli's prose is more evocative than explanatory: "We try dugouts / against the mighty spring current. / The current wins. / We buy horses / and ride…" The language, while poetic and imagistic, can be puzzlingly abstract. Digital illustrations with the appearance of expansive oil paintings depict the shifting landscape.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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