Tenja of the Red Paint People

<i>Tenja of the Red Paint People</i> tells the story of a teenage girl living long ago in what is now northeastern Canada. Tall strong and lanky Tenja loves to run and has exceptional speed and stamina for her age. She also has an unusual thirst for knowledge learning a great deal particularly from the older men and women of her extended family. She is a keen observer of the great variety of life forms around her noting things that others might not even detect. She lives in a land of plenty with her family and relatives. Her tribe carries on the custom of painting their bodies and their possessions with red paint made from red ochre. As a result their neighbors to the north the Inu or Eskimos call Tenja's tribe the Red Paint People. Small bands of marauders from the east are a threat to be reckoned with as are the many dangers from a very wide variety of wild animals. Even though she lived thousands of years ago Tenja tackled some of the same basic predicaments many teenagers find themselves in today. Journey in Tenja's moccasins and experience an adventure set over 8000 years ago.