The tale of Sacagawea may seem like a legend, but her story is true. As a child, she was captured by an enemy tribe and taken far from her Shoshone people. She soon married and gave birth to a baby boy. When her son was just two months old, she set off with Lewis and Clark on their journey of discovery.

Sacagawea climbed over waterfalls and trudged through Rocky Mountains snow, traveling thousands of miles with a baby on her back. She found food when meat was scarce. She acted as a translator when the explorers needed Shoshone horses to cross the mountains. And she guided the men through the wilderness when only she knew the way.

Lise Erdrich and Julie Buffalohead bring to life the exciting story of Sacagawea, the young woman who joined Lewis and Clark on their expedition through the vast wilderness of the West.

From the dust jacket