title: High Uinta Moon: Book One in the MoonFire Series
author:  RanDee RedWillow 
description: RanDee RedWillow grew up on the Uinta and Ouray Reservation in Northeastern Utah and has lived there her whole life. The stories RedWillow tells about the reservation and about her Native American community are based on her real life experience and on tales told by her Elders. This is the first book in RedWillow's MoonFire series. For information about upcoming releases, go to www.facebook.com/randeeredwillow. Manuscript translation by Norma WhiteHawk Front cover art by Henri Peter (www.henripeter.com) Book interior and jacket design by CJ Obray for Purple Sage Publishing  2010. All individual and copyrights reserved.
zlib_text: Before the Moon Rises
  
  _by Catherine Bybee_
  
   **The Wild Rose Press**
  
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  Copyright ©2009 by Catherine Kimmer
  
  First published in 2010
  
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  Before the Moon Rises
  
  _by Catherine Bybee_
  
   **CONTENTS**
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Reviews_
  
   _Chapter One_
  
   _Chapter Two_
  
   _Chapter Three_
  
   _Chapter Four_
  
   _Chapter Five_
  
   _Chapter Six_
  
   _Chapter Seven_
  
   _Chapter Eight_
  
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  Before the Moon Rises
  
  _by Catherine Bybee_
  
  Before the Moon Rises
  
  by
  
  Catherine Bybee
  
  He kept his smile in place despite his state of