This book was a gift to me when I was in 4th grade (there abouts). I still haven't read the book yet but I do plan to. Ishi is buried in Colma, near where I lived for four years before moving to the east bay.

It's about time I read this book! I'm offering it up to Lisa-B on a reverse relay.

The book is probably better suited for a younger reader but I think I appreciated it a little more now that I've been to the places described in the book. As with many books that try to write from the perspective outside the culture of the person who is writing the book I think the author tried too hard to avoid using any words or concepts outside of the Yuni language. There are times when it would have been better to let the narrator step in and fill the blanks.

RELEASE NOTES:

Mailing to Lisa-B.

Thanks very much for mailing it to me. I had been on the lookout for this book since I read David Hurst Thomas' non-fiction book "Skull Wars : Kennewick Man, Archeology, & Battle for Native American Identity" where Ishi's story had been told in one of its chapters.

I have actually read the book a long time ago.