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Brighty The Grand Canyon

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The book Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry deserves a newbery medal for children's literature. The plot in this book is constantly, unexpectedly changing. With the amazing plot this book has as its tool, a newbery medal should have been assured. Brighty the donkey or burro is the main character of this novel, has a life full of twists and turns. For example, he was sleeping in a cave as a deadly mountain lion crept up on him for an easy meal. Brighty fought him off, bucking and kicking. He drowned the lion in a water pool in the cave, killing it. In two days time Brighty received help from a kindly lion hunter, Uncle Jim. Upon seeing his enormous leg wounds Uncle Jim nursed Brighty back to health. They quickly became good friends.

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