Ramona - Paperback – The Tale Trade

Ramona - Paperback

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by Helen Hunt Jackson (Author), Michael Dorris (Introduction by), Valerie Sherer Mathes (Afterword by)

One of the greatest ethical novels of the nineteenth century, Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona is a tale of true love tested.

Set in Old California, this powerful narrative richly depicts the life of the fading Spanish order, the oppression of tribal American communities and inevitably, the brutal intrusion of white settlers. Ramona, an illegitimate orphan, grows up as the ward of the overbearing Senora Moreno. But her desire for Alessandro, a Native American, makes her an outcast and fugitive...

Author Biography

Denise Chávez, a prolific playwright, poet, and novelist, is the author of Loving Pedro Infante, Face of an Angel, and The Last of the Menu Girls. She lives in New Mexico.

Number of Pages: 432

Dimensions: 1.11 x 6.86 x 4.24 IN

Publication Date: July 05, 2002

Accelerated Reader:

Quiz Name: Ramona

Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12

Reading Level: 6.6

Point Value: 25