Dawn Rider

by Jan Hudson and Jan Hudson

Book Overview

Kit Fox, a 16-year-old Blackfoot girl, copes with her approaching womanhood and its responsibilities as she dreams of becoming the first in her tribe to rise the horse that has come to them through battle with a Snake tribe. . . . The plot is fast paced and believable . . . and the characters, multidimensional.--The Horn Book.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399221786
• ISBN13: 9780399221781
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

a book from my past

I loved this book when I was young, and I still really appreciate how it presents Kit Fox's world in a way that seems so honest- the charecters really seem like people we would know instead of culturally different charecters. Its one of the few kids books about native americans that I (an anthropologist to boot) can re-read without cringing, which is pretty high praise for any children's book!

a great book

Kit Fox visits a horse her tribe took from the snake indians(their enemy) in the mornings before everyone's awake. When she is found out she isnt allowed to visit the horse again. Then, when their enemy threatens to ambush her tribe, Kit Fox must race against time to get help.

Danger and self discovery

Kit, a young Blackfoot girl, feels like she can't do anything because of the social taboos the tribe has for young women. When warriors bring back a horse, the first of its kind the tribe has ever had, driven by her curiosity she secretly visits the horse with the help of her friend and eventually learns how to ride it. Caught in the act she is banned from visiting the horse much less riding it. But when the tribe is in danger it is up to her to ride for help and defy all the rules.