The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (Dear America) cover

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (Dear America)

by Ann Warren Turner

In the diary account of her life at a government-run Pennsylvania boarding school in 1880, a twelve-year-old Sioux Indian girl reveals a great need to find a way to help her people.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?