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Summary: Kaya befriends a wild dog
Review: "Kaya and Lone Dog" is the 4th of the Kaya books, but it is the second one that has a link with the rest of the American Girls books.
In the story, Kaya befriends a lone dog, despite the fact her family and friends discourage it. When the dog has puppies, Kaya determines to take care of them as well.
Kaya is still struggling with the past--the fact that her sister, Speaking Rain, is till a slave, and that her horse, Steps High, is a captive as well. It was some of the comments that I read in the book that linked it to the rest. Like when the traders come back and tell of men with pale faces and red cloth, Kaya's maternal Grandmother says that the old ways are better than the new ones. It sounded a lot like Grandmary from Samantha's books to me. It isn't until Lone Dog commits a noble act that Kaya's family accepts the anmial...and then Kaya must learn about what Lone Dog has to say...even if she doesn't want to hear it.
The Peek into the Past is like the birthday stories for the other characters: "Growing up in 1764." is the heading.
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Summary: Friendship and Comfort
Review: In "Kaya and the Lone Dog"(Book 4 in the series), Kaya remembers many things about the time she was taken captive and empathizes with a lone dog. She remembers how she was hungry and got only scraps as a slave girl, so she makes a promise to the dog to feed her. Although her grandmother fears that the dog may be a dangerous half-wolf, Kaya earns the dog's trust with her respect and kindness. Others in the tribe also grow to trust the dog after she saves one of her younger brothers from a bear, and the dog and her weaned puppies are welcomed into the tribe. Kaya senses though, that the dog wants to remain a lone dog and fears she will not stay with the group. Because Kaya also knows the feeling of being held captive, she values freedom and faces loss. In her loss, though, she receives a gift from the lone dog.
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Summary: A special friendship
Review: In Kaya and the Lone Dog, the 4th book in the series, Kaya is still mourning the death of her namesake Swan Circling. Feeling very much alone and also feeling the continuous guilt of getting her blind sister Speaking Rain captured, she befriends a lone dog, whom Kaya thinks is very much like her, all alone. Though her family and friends object to her befriending the Lone Dog, for it is unusual for a dog to live alone, Kaya doesn't heed their warnings and forms a special bond with the dog. After Lone Dog gives birth to some puppies, Kaya feels more and more attached to the dog and her pups, like they are her family. It is almost like Lone Dog can communicate with her. However, as the pups grow older, Kaya begins to feel the inevitable. Will Lone Dog leave her? Kaya is hopelessly torn as she knows Lone Dog is a dog that want to be free to roam the wild. In the end, Lone Dog gives a very special gift to Kaya, so she could remember her.
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Summary: My Hero
Review: Kaya and Lone Dog, by Janet Beller Shaw, is a book that taught me to appreciate the small things in life, like my brother, my mom and things that may not be valuable but are still things that I own. Kaya lost so many of the things that were in her life. It got me to treat animal's right whether they are strays or not, because Kaya is befriended by a stray dog who becomes very important to her. This book inspired me to try to learn a new language, like Kaya had to learn in order to communicate with someone to try to save herself. This book is one of the best books I ever read.
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Summary: My Hero
Review: Kaya and Lone Dog, by Janet Beller Shaw, is a book that taught me to appreciate the small things in life, like my brother, my mom and things that may not be valuable but are still things that I own. Kaya lost so many of the things that were in her life. It got me to treat animal's right whether they are strays or not, because Kaya is befriended by a stray dog who becomes very important to her. This book inspired me to try to learn a new language, like Kaya had to learn in order to communicate with someone to try to save herself. This book is one of the best books I ever read.
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Summary: Another excellent Kaya story
Review: This is another in the American Girls series about Kaya'aton'my', a nine-year-old Native-American girl growing up among the Nez Perce people in 1764. In this book, Kaya must avoid the root harvesting, lest her troubled thoughts spoil the harvest. She is troubled at the loss of her sister and horse, and the death of Swan Circling. To keep her busy, she is assigned other tasks, and along the way she meets a starving, pregnant dog. Against the advice of her family and tribe, she befriends the wild dog and her litter, and along the way she learns something about friendship.This is another excellent Kaya story, complete with Bill Farnsworth's wonderful illustrations. My eleven-year-old daughter is a big fan of Kaya, and loved this book as much as the others. We both highly recommend it to you.
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Summary: Cute Puppies
Review: This story was so touching, and cute! I felt like I was right there with Kaya, visiting the brave Lone Dog and her puppies. I think Kaya's relationship with Lone Dog is very entertaining, and I can easily imagine the puppies in my mind's eye. The ending may not be what readers' desire, but at least it didn't end the way I originally thought it did.
Besides the dogs, this book contained the usual history pages, and pages describing what Kaya and her family/friends do around their Native American camp.
Dog-lovers who read the Kaya books will enjoy this book the way I did, and I personally think any Kaya reader will think of this as a great book about love and friendship (I apologize for how sappy I sound).
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