Annie and the Old One is an American children's fiction book, written by Miska Miles.
The novel uses Native American culture to explore themes of family death, dealing with grief, and family relationships.
[1] A young Native American girl, Annie, is willing to do anything to stop her mother from finishing a rug after hearing from her grandmother that she will die when the rug is finished.
Her last attempt to distract her mother from finishing the rug is to pull out the strands of yarn, one by one.
[2] Publishers Weekly described the book as effectively dealing with "a difficult challenge" for children and said that the illustrations "reflect the dignity of the text.