description: The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navaho way of life.  One lovely spring day, fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird took their sheep to pasture.  The sky was clear blue against the red buttes of the Canyon de Chelly, and the fields and orchards of the Navahos promised a rich harvest.  Bright Morning was happy as she gazed across the beautiful valley that was the home of her tribe.  She turned when Black Dog barked, and it was then that she saw the Spanish slavers riding straight toward her.  
language: English
title: Sing Down the Moon
titlecomplete: Sing Down the Moon
genres: Fiction, Classics, American History, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Adventure, Native Americans, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 8183
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association)
publisher: Laurel Leaf