num_pages: 260
description: WE ARE THE WORD PEOPLE is the saga of five Cro-Magnon adolescents of 20,000 years ago. Not only do the characters develop the world's first language, they tame a wolf cub, evade cave lions, create cave paintings, and battle Neanderthals in competition for the same valley. They encounter a furious wild pig and a placid woolly mammoth. Boog kidnaps the youngsters to start his own clan -- expecting that Mikla will admire him so much that she will become his mate. She hates him! Using their newly invented language skills, the captives escape and return to the familiar cave of "The Word People." This classroom friendly novel uses gender equity.
language: English
title: We Are the Word People
titlecomplete: We Are the Word People
publisher: Aventine Pr