Includes sixteen stories that celebrate the passage from girlhood to womanhood.

Sequel to: Flying with the eagle, racing the great bear.

Arrowhead finger, Penobscot -- The abandoned girl, Seneca -- The girl and the Chenoo, Passamaquoddy -- The girl who escaped, Mohegan -- Stonecoat, Cherokee -- The girl who helped thunder, Muskogee (Creek) -- The girl who married an Osage, Piankeshaw -- The girls who almost married an owl, Caddo -- The poor turkey girl, Santa Clara Pueblo -- The girl who gave birth to Water-Jar Boy, Cochiti Pueblo -- The bear woman, Dine (Navajo) -- The beauty way : the ceremony of white-painted women, Apache -- How pelican girl was saved, Lake Miwok -- Where the girl rescued her brother, Cheyenne -- Chipmunk girl and owl woman, Okanagan -- The girl who married the moon, Alutiiq.