Bearstone vs Zia: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Indians of North America in fiction, Indians of North America, Children's fiction, Fiction
Bearstone
A DRAMATIC TALE OF GRIZZLIES AND GOLD Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old…
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Zia
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
The verdict
- Readers rate Zia highest: Zia 3.8 · Bearstone 3.6.
- Bearstone has the widest readership — 697 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bearstone | Zia | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (697) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.6 (7) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (34) | — |
Reception
| Bearstone | Zia | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 697 | 7 |
| Editions | 8 | 21 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 242 | 590 |
| Pages | 154 | 179 |