Shaw, Janet Beeler

Shares the adventures of a young Nex Perc?e girl, Kaya, as she grows up in the American West. Includes "Meet Kaya," "Kaya's Escape!" "Kaya's Hero," and other stories from the American Girl series.

In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Perce Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble.

In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Perce village and wants to be worthy of her respect.

In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perce village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home.

When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Perce and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before.

In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger arouses suspicion in Kaya's village.

In 1856, Kirsten and her cousins look after the farm while the adults go to town for supplies and everything is fine--until a blizzard surprises them.

Presents a collection of five short stories featuring "American Girl" Kirsten Larson, who is a frontier girl who traveled with her family from their home in Sweden to Minnesota in 1854.

Presents a collection of five short stories featuring "American Girl" Kaya, a Nez Perc? Indian whose hunting and gathering tribe moves with the seasons.

In 1854, ten-year-old Kirsten, living with her family in Minnesota, meets a raiding party of Ojibway Indians and finds unexpected help when her dog is in danger.