Finding a Way: Student Self-discovery and N. Scott Momaday’s The Way to Rainy Mountain

Argues that Barbara Kingsolver is one of the fresh new American voices whose work could find a comfortable niche in the curriculum canon for high school literature classes. Describes her novel, “The Bean Trees,” determining that it is an extremely “teachable” work. Outlines opportunities the book offers in terms of themes, various literary techniques, and other connections.