Season of Yellow LeafCaptured by the Comanche in the 1930s, 10-year-old Chosen, is reared by the tribe and becomes strong enough to survive the pain of losing her whole world. A unique witness to a vanishing way of life, Chosen becomes one of the Comanche and suffers with them as the white man destroys their ranks. Previous publisher: Tor. |
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Page 83
... eyes began to search the horizon constantly . Even the children were quiet , eyes large and shining black , and they watched too , an im- portant thing because their eyes were sharper , not yet irritated by many years of sun and blowing ...
... eyes began to search the horizon constantly . Even the children were quiet , eyes large and shining black , and they watched too , an im- portant thing because their eyes were sharper , not yet irritated by many years of sun and blowing ...
Page 290
... eyes and lifted his left hand and continued . " I've always liked those bluecoats . They were our friends once . I ... eyes dim , and Sanchess could see that his father was growing very weak . The boy in Sanchess's arms was still ...
... eyes and lifted his left hand and continued . " I've always liked those bluecoats . They were our friends once . I ... eyes dim , and Sanchess could see that his father was growing very weak . The boy in Sanchess's arms was still ...
Page 352
... eyes . His two body- guards , still following close behind , looked away , their faces stolid but their own eyes moist . Sanchess was wrong about Roadrunner dying by moonrise . He died before sunset and the band went into deep mourning ...
... eyes . His two body- guards , still following close behind , looked away , their faces stolid but their own eyes moist . Sanchess was wrong about Roadrunner dying by moonrise . He died before sunset and the band went into deep mourning ...
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