A Yellow Raft in Blue Water | Overview

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, published as adult fiction but appropriate for and accessible to young adults, is divided into three sections, each titled with the name of its narrator. Rayona Taylor—a fifteen-year-old girl who is half Native American, half African American—tells of being abandoned by her mother, running away from her grandmother's home, and working for a summer at a state park. Christine George Taylor, Rayona's mother, reflects on her experiences growing up on an Indian reservation in Montana, escaping to Seattle, and returning in her forties to confront her...

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