A complex and fascinating historical figure illuminated by Newbery
Honor-winning Jean Fritz.
In a story that is as gripping as it is historical, Newbery
Honor-winning author Jean Fritz reveals the true life of Pocahontas.
Though at first permitted to move freely between the Indian and the
white worlds, Pocahontas was eventually torn between her new life and
the culture that shaped her.
This book dispels myths and describes with immediacy the life of a girl
whose active conscience made her a pawn, exploited by her own people and
the white world. --Publishers Weekly
Jean Fritz removes the romantic varnish from the legend and turns
history into engrossing reality. --The New Yorker