Article: Read aloud story: Adaline Falling Star. (Instructor Reproducible).(Short Story)

Adaline Falling Star (Scholastic, 2000)--Mary Pope Osborne's fictional story of the real-life daughter of legendary scout Kit Carson--explores themes of survival, love, and loss. A piece of historical fiction about a biracial girl, it also offers a way into discussions about racism and its role in American history.

When is Pa coming back for me? That's the question I ask a hundred times a day, and I'm asking it again right now as I trail home from the schoolhouse behind Lilly and the Ruxton brothers.

I clutch my Ma doll, the dolly Pa gave me five months ago when he left me with Cousin Silas.

It was our first day in St. Louis, and I'd seen a ...

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