{"product_id":"lanas-lakota-moons-9780803260283","title":"Lana's Lakota Moons","description":"This charming and poignant contemporary story about two Lakota girls and their Laotian friend illuminates for children and adults the Lakota meaning of family, friendship, life, and death. In the Lakota way, Lana and her cousin Lori are like sisters, growing up together under the caring eyes of an extended family of parents and grandparents. Also like sisters, they have their share of squabbles and fights, but when they meet a new girl at school who has recently arrived from Laos, they are drawn closer by their shared friendship, their discoveries about cultural differences, and their experience with loss and death. An image of footprints in the snow, one under the other so that it looks as if only one person is walking, becomes the central compelling image in the story. \"We can't keep snow from melting,\" says Grandpa, \"But the footprints will always be there, even if we can't see them.\" Taking her inspiration from Lakota and Asian students in her home state of South Dakota, award-winning children's writer Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve has crafted a simple story of friendship that survives a tragic year, beautifully illuminating along the way many profound truths about the human spirit. Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve is a well-known author of stories and essays about Native American life and culture and a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. She is the author of Grandpa Was a Cowboy and an Indian and Other Stories and The Trickster and the Troll, both available in Bison Books editions. Her memoir, Completing the Circle (Nebraska 1995) won the North American Indian Prose Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803260283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/17\/2007 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 80 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2009\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44524616319157,"sku":"9780803260283","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b15a7de7-6c35-4584-b806-af0115ea987a.jpg?v=1722920365","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lanas-lakota-moons-9780803260283","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}