Secret of the Andes, Ann Nolan Clark
Secret of the Andes, Ann Nolan Clark
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Secret of the Andes

Author: Ann Nolan Clark

Narrator: Scott Peterson

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/10/2018


Synopsis

A Newbery Medal Winner

An Incan boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his ancestors. 

"The story of an Incan boy who lives in a hidden valley high in the mountains of Peru with old Chuto the llama herder. Unknown to Cusi, he is of royal blood and is the 'chosen one.' A compelling story."—Booklist 

About The Author

Born in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Ann Nolan Clark graduated from New Mexico Highlands University in 1919 with a degree in education. For many years she worked for the US Bureau of Indian Affairs as a teacher of Native American students. After noticing that her Tesuque Pueblo school had scarcely any educational material geared toward Native Americans, she began to write children's books that catered to the language and culture of her students. While traveling through Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Brazil under the employment of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, Clark was inspired to write her 1953 Newbery Medal–winning book Secret of the Andes.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy on June 12, 2008

This is the book that famously won the Newbery over Charlotte's Web, and was that ever a travesty. I can accept that a certain number of books will be dull reading for me, but this isn't even well written--there are a number of places where the main character says or thinks things that don't make an......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on December 29, 2017

The young shepherd boy Cusi has lived high up in the mountains with only the old shepherd Chuto and their llamas for company. Chuto teaches Cusi how to tend llamas as their Inca forebears did. Cusi has no known other world but longs for a family and friends. When he spies a family moving into the va......more

Goodreads review by Luisa on February 14, 2020

#geography #southamerica #peru #culture Cleanliness: Religious & Supernatural - 8 Incidents: A boy sings to the various stars in a religious chant. A man chants a sunrise call. Mentions how llamas were once sacrificed to the Sun. A minstrel sings a song about the Sun Father (a god). The Sun god is men......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on February 28, 2023

Secret of the Andes is a quiet story of an Inca boy growing up in the mountains of Peru, raising llamas. This boy, Cusi, knows little of his past, and has no home other than the mountains, no family outside his elderly mentor and his llamas. Time passes and Cusi knows he must leave the mountain, lea......more

Goodreads review by Cherisa on July 14, 2022

This book beat out Charlotte’s Web for the Newbery, and what a travesty that was.......more


Awards

  • Newbery Medal Winner