This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously.
CHILDREN OF THE DAWNLAND
Copyright © 2009 by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear Reader’s guide copyright © 2009 by Tor Books
All rights reserved.
A Starscape Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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New York, NY 10010
Maps and illustrations by Ellisa Mitchell
eISBN 9781466815636
First eBook Edition : March 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gear, Kathleen O’Neal.
Children of the Dawnland / Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear.—1st ed. p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
Summary: 13,000 years ago in the Great Lakes Region, twelve-year-old Twig, a Spirit Dreamer who can see into the future, teams up with best friend Greyhawk and the unpopular shaman Screech Owl to warn the villagers of the impending arrival of a flaming ball of fire in the sky, an event that could have devastating environmental effects. Includes review questions, recommended reading, and information on the prehistory of the Great Lakes Region, paleoclimatology, and Clovis culture.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-2019-3 ISBN-10: 0-7653-2019-3
[1. Prehistoric peoples—Fiction. 2. Paleo-Indians—Fiction. 3. Shamans—Fiction. 4. Climatic changes—Fiction. 5. Great Lakes Region (North America) —History—Fiction.] I. Gear, W. Michael. II. Title.
PZ7.G248Ch 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008035761
First Edition: July 2009