Michael Spooner
A mixed-race girl must grow up quickly when danger threatens her world, Rosalieâ€™s biggest problem used to be her own divided feelings. The constant tug-of-war between her white half and her Native American half is hard. She even has two names: Rosalie when sheâ€™s at the fort with her father and Last Child when sheâ€™s in the village with her mother. , But now a steamboat has carried smallpox into Rosalieâ€™s worldâ€”and the Mandans have no resistance to the disease. Suddenly the name Last Child is all too real. , Set during the smallpox epidemic of 1837, this is the powerful story of a mixed-race girl fighting her way into adulthood against all odds. 
Historical,Historical Fiction,Native Americans
Last Child