A review by apetruce
Encounter by Jane Yolen

3.0

The story of Columbus from the perspective of a young Taino Indian. It's great because it presents the other side -- strangers out for your gold who take your land etc. I like how certain objects are described the way someone who had NO idea what they are would describe them....a mirror is a pool that gives a man back his face, for example. What I don't like is that it is both too heavy and depressing -- angry -- regarding the European takeover of the Americans for children but also too simplistic. Still, it being Columbus Day, I'm reading it to 3rd and 4th graders this week.