Kaya: Smoke On The Wind

Janet Beeler Shaw

Jan 2023 · American Girl: Historical Character (TM): Kaya Book 2 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Kyla Garcia

About this audiobook

Kaya’s adventure continues in the second book in her series.

Kaya’s beloved horse, Steps High, has been captured by enemy raiders. Kaya fears she’ll never see Steps High again, until she hears of a herd of spotted horses running wild in the mountains. As she travels with a hunting party into the mountains, Kaya is troubled by the smoke she smells on the wind—smoke from mountain fires. While searching desperately for Steps High, Kaya has to face a fear greater than any she’s ever known.

This audiobook includes a historical “Looking Back” section.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF containing a glossary of Nez Perce words heard throughout the story.

About the author

Each night when Janet Beeler Shaw was a girl, she took out a flashlight and book hidden under her pillow and read until she fell asleep. She and her brother liked to act out stories, especially ones about sword fights and wild horses. Today, Ms. Shaw has three grown children. When they were small, she often pulled them in a big red wagon to the library, where they filled the wagon with so many books, they had to walk back home. Janet Shaw lives in North Carolina with her husband. Their two dogs sleep by her feet when she’s writing.