# Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner [Dyslexic Edition]

**Author:** Tim Tingle
**Grade range:** Grades 3–7
**First published:** 2021
**Page count:** 0
**Genre:** Middle Grade
**ISBN-13:** `9781038763815`
**ISBN-10:** `1038763819`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/danny-blackgoat-navajo-prisoner
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Danny Blackgoat is a teenager in Navajo country when soldiers burn down his home, kill his sheep, and capture his family. During the Long Walk of 1864, Danny soon becomes a troublemaker, refusing to accept captivity. He is sent to Fort Davis, Texas, a Civil War prisoner outpost. There he battles bullies, rattlesnakes, and soldiers, until he meets Jim Davis. Davis teaches Danny how to hold his anger and how to read and speak in English. For Christmas, Davis aids Danny in a daring and dangerous escape. Set in troubled times for the Navajo, Danny Blackgoat is the story of one boy's hunger to be free.

## Where this book is assigned

### American Indian Youth Literature Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Honor (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Honor (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Honor (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Honor (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Honor (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)

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