Encounter
About this book
When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boy's point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to warn his people against welcoming the strangers who seemed more interested in golden ornaments that friendship. (Patricia Langan, Dichiaro's Principal)
Subjects
- children's fiction
- columbus, christopher, 1451-1506, fiction
- deception
- fiction
- fiction, science fiction, general
- gold
- imperialism
- indians of south america, fiction
- indians of the west indies
- juvenile fiction
- slavery
- spanish language materials
- storytelling
- strangers
- taino indians
- tobacco
- totems
- trust
- west indies, fiction