Download or read book Billy and the Spirit Dancer written by Ruth Ann Ridgeway and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Billy, a Lakota boy, practices his Native American Hoop Dance, he discovers he is not alone. A Spirit, who has been lost for 125 years, comes to him. Billy learns that the Spirit is a boy who is trying to find and reconnect with his mother and younger brothers. The Lakota Spirit boy takes Billy and his brother Richard back through time and dreamscapes to their earlier ancestors, who teach them their ways, and also assist Billy in becoming an expert Hoop Dancer. In return for this wonderful journey, full of valuable lessons, will Billy and Richard be able to help the Spirit boy to get in touch with his family? Will they grow closer to their own family in the process? Ruth Ann Ridgeway grew up in rural Missouri and currently lives in a little town halfway between Ottumwa, Iowa and Kirksville, Missouri. She works as a teacher on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Mrs. Ridgeway was motivated and inspired by the resiliency of a people to overcome the devastation caused by the Carlisle Indian School and the forced separation of Native American families. Her previously published books are Mahpiya's Gift and Emily de Dragonheart: Courier. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/RuthAnnRidgewa