Home Osborne, Mary Pope Adaline Falling Star. by Tony Johnston. Adaline Falling Star Mary Pope Osborne, Author Hyperion Books for Children $16.95 (170p) ISBN 978-0-439-05947-3. Shortly after, Adeline was sent to St.Louis while her father goes on an expedition. I believe Falling Star is a hero. In 1800's St. Louis, Missouri, a young girl is known as "Adaline" to her father, the American frontiersman Kit Carson, and as "Falling Star" to her mother, an Arapaho Indian. Available copies. OTHER BOOKS. by Mary Pope Osborne. Adaline Falling Star. 5 Resources1 Award. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Adaline Falling Star by Mary Pope Osborne (2002, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Being half Native American, half white, Adaline is not accepted by either of her two cultures, feeling like an outsider trapped in between two hostile worlds. More By and About This Author. Common terms and phrases. 13 Resources1 Award. This book is meant to be about the real life and views of the real Adaline/Falling Star. Show all copies. She is the daughter of an Arapaho mother and a White Man called Kit Carson. by Antonio Sacre and Alfredo Aguirre. by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Adaline leaves to find her dad ,and meets a dog along the way. Adaline Falling Star By Marie Pope Osborne Brief Summary - 11 yr. old girl named Adaline Falling Star -father is a famous scout. Osborne (Favorite Medieval Tales, 1998, etc.) She is the daughter of an Arapaho mother and a White Man called Kit Carson. Having lost his Arapaho wife and all her family to cholera, wilderness scout Kit Carson leaves his daughter, Adaline, with a St. Louis cousin, promising to return after a mapping expedition. Any Small Goodness. A young Native American girl named Adaline Falling Star is left with her white relatives in St. Louis while her father must go on a trip. - treated her harshly due to the fact that of her half-native Her fathers family is white, and she is a woman of the Arapaho tribe. 9 Resources4 Awards. Becoming Naomi León. In chapter one, Adaline’s diceased mother passed away leaving only her and her father to carry on. The Beast. Since her mother died, Falling Star is forced to live with her … 14 Resources1 Award. Adaline was sent to live with her fathers family. he author's note at the beginning of ''Adaline Falling Star'' says plainly, ''This story is fiction.'' Adaline goes back for after she leaves to get on a steamboat. Adaline Falling Star Mary Pope Osborne No preview available - 2001. This book is meant to be about the real life and views of the real Adaline/Falling Star. Since her mother died, Falling Star is forced to live with her cruel … spins a wisp of history into this glittering, many-layered tale of a child struggling to reconcile within herself the clashing cultures in which she's immersed. by Walter Dean Myers. After her mother passed away, she is forced to live with her father's relatives. Upfront and unambiguous, Mary Pope Osborne's words are an honorable exception in a publishing world increasingly apt to fudge the difference between historical truth and historical fiction in books for children. I believe Falling Star is a hero. Adaline Falling Star by Osborne, Mary Pope. Free shipping for many products! Unfortunately, her relatives don't like her because of her skin color, and make her life absolutely unbearable.

Disgusted, afraid, and confused, Adaline decides to run away from it all. Adaline Falling Star by Mary Pope Osborne. After they burn her doll Adaline starts to cut herself with a knife. FALLING ACTION. 29 Resources9 Awards. Adaline jumps off the boat and is able to get to the puppy before the boat exploded. The Barking Mouse.