K.B. Schaller
*WINNER of The National Best Books 2009 Awards, Multicultural Category (USA Book News)
finalist in Mystery & Suspense
finalist in Religious Fiction
Gray Rainbow Journey
Special Edition
(novel plus helps for teachers & leaders)
A unique coming-of-age novel--from a Native viewpoint--about the stunning consequences of choices.
"A courageous book that breaks new ground...by a new voice in Indian America."
Principal Chief William "Rattlesnake" Jackson
American Cherokee Confederacy
Bonus Feature: This Edition Only
Taking It Deeper:
Helps for Teachers & Leaders
Includes Discussion Questions & Answers, Projects, Vocabulary Enrichment
Gray Rainbow Journey
(Novel)
Cheha Youngblood disappeared without a trace from the Bitterroot Confederacy three months ago, and her older daughter, Dina, is determined to find out why.
What do the clues in her mother's journal mean? Who is the giant-winged creature that so terrified her mother, a Native Christian convert? Could any of the tales that are as old as the Indian nations and told in the blackness of deep nights in the South Florida Everglades be true? And why are owls beginning to perch outside of Dina's home?
Then handsome Marty Osceola, the son of the most powerful witch on the Florida East Coast and the boy Dina had a crush on in grade school, arrives back in town...
"An enlightening peek into contemporary Native America."
Craig Stephen Smith (Ojibwe) Native American Evangelist, author of White Man's Gospel
"A heart-thumping face-off between good and evil that will keep you in suspense until the very last page!"
Dana K. Cassell, Writers-Editors Network
"A courageous book that breaks new ground...a fascinating story by a new voice in Indian America."
Principal Chief William "Rattlesnake" Jackson, American Cherokee Confederacy
"An exciting coming-of-age novel. I can definitely relate to this book's characters. I can't wait for the second book."
Carla McKay, Indian Life newspaper
"Native American Christians have long known what a struggle it is to live in two worlds, torn between traditional beliefs and the Christian faith. The characters in Gray Rainbow Journey speak for so many of us."
Betty Mae Jumper, Tribal Elder
Doctor of Humane letters, author of Legends of the Seminoles
Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc.
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K.B. Schaller
K.B. SCHALLER (Cherokee/Seminole) wrote Gray Rainbow Journey to introduce America to Native Christians in their unique struggles to balance the often-opposing worlds of Christianity and the Traditions.
A member of the Native Christian Church, Schaller organized and served as playwright/director of an ensemble theater for Native American Youths at the former Chickee Christian Academy on the Florida Seminole Indian Reservation.
An independent journalist, Schaller has contributed articles to Indian Life and the Seminole Tribune Native newspapers. She is also a poet whose poems appear in several anthologies.
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