Under a Stand Still Moon Author:Ann Howard Creel Her greatest joy is being free to explore the world around her village. But she must also learn the work she is destined to do as a wife and mother. Suddenly, what seems to be a miracle changes her destiny, and she is forced to leave her village and forget her true love, the man she meant to marry, to marry the High Priest, Sun Watcher, a man wh... more »ose power frightens the people of her village. Echo needs two great gifts from her husband-Sun Watcher's magic and his power-that govern the lives of all the People.
Set in prehistoric Southwestern United States around 1100 A.D., in this story of life and death and desire, a girl becomes a young woman who must use her power and strength against the ecological disasters, marauding nomads, astronomical terrors that may destroy her world.« less