Summary of Sing Down the Moon
By Cameron Domingue
Title and Author
Summary
Sing Down the Moon is about a girl named Bright Morning. She lives in a nearby village next to Canyon De Chelly. She is a Navajo Indian. Her mother has this flock of sheep. When Bright Morning gets old enough she will gain all of her mother's sheep. This Story is written by Scott O'Dell.
Characters
Nehana- Before she tried to run away but she got caught, Nez-Perce Girl
Bright Morning- Narrator of story and also 14 years old, a Navajo girl, and is Main Character
Running Bird- Her and Bright Morning are captured together by the Spaniards
White Deer- A friend of Bright Morning's
Tall Boy- Navajo boy who gets shot and can't use his arm also has a crush on Bright Morning
Mando- A friend of Tall Boy's and he goes with him when they go to find out where Bright Morning is.
Little Rainbow- She has 2 Kids and Bright Morning carries one of her kids on her back
Meadow Flower- That is the name Bright Morning gives to Little Rainbow's kid
Magnus-Apache man who tall boy injures
Main Conflict
Main Plot
- Bright Morning thinks bout what happened last spring when she left the sheep
- Bright Morning feels like she betrayed not only her sheep but her family
- Bright Morning asks her mom if she can take the Sheep out
- Bright Mornings mom is kind of worried about her and the sheep
- Bright Morning goes with Running Bird to the Pasture with the sheep
- Bright Morning and Running Bird talk about how cute Tall Boy is
- Running bird and Bright Morning try to get away
- Bright Morning gets captured
- Bright Mornings Parents are worried
- Tall Boy is shot in arm and cannot use it
- Tall Boy goes Looking for Bright Morning
- Tall Boy injures a man of the Spaniards
- Bright Morning is saved by Tall Boy
- Bright Morning and Tall Boy get married
- They lived Heureux Pour Toujours/ Happily Ever After