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Zia parent’s guide: what’s inside
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A note for parents
Zia is a thoughtful coming-of-age story about a young Native American girl navigating between her traditional heritage and life at a Spanish mission in early California. The book addresses themes of cultural identity and belonging through a girl's perspective, with minimal content concerns. While there are some references to hardship and the historical context of colonization, the story emphasizes resilience, family bonds, and self-discovery rather than graphic depiction.
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A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins. A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
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- Indians of North America
- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America in fiction
- Fiction
- Children's stories
- Indians of North America-fiction
- Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction.
- Children's fiction
- Adventure and adventurers, fiction
- Indians of north america, fiction
- Spanish language materials
- Humor
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ISBN 9780440228172 · Dell