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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs. Fourteen-year-old Clay Lancaster has been dreaming for years of the adventure he calls The Big Wander -- a summer in the Southwest with his older brother, Mike, searching for their uncle Clay. When Mike decides to return home to Seattle and the girlfriend...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book describes the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure, and environment of some of the Native American peoples who lived in the American Southwest at the time of the arrival of European settlers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In this deeply affecting novel Scott O'Dell envelops the reader in the heroic world of the conquistadors - a world that is at once somber and many-colored. Though they may have been ruthless, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.
8) The Pueblo
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the Pueblo people, explaining who they are, reviewing the history of the Pueblo, examining key aspects of Pueblo culture, and looking at Pueblo traditions that continue into the twenty-first century.
10) Animal dreams
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this skillfully told novel by the author of The Bean Trees, a young woman returns to her hometown to care for her father and, without knowing it, herself. As usual, Codi is seeking to avoid life, but instead she finds plenty of it. She begins a complicated romance with a former boyfriend, corresponds with her sister, Hallie, who is kidnapped and then murdered in Nicaragua, tries to convince her father that his declining mental abilities are interfering...
12) The Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the Navajo Indians, discussing the nation's relationship with Spaniards and settlers, culture, crafts, and more.
13) Anasazi
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the day-to-day life of the Anasazi Indians.
14) Runs With Horses
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sixteen years old in 1886, Runs With Horses trains to become a warrior with Geronimo's band of Apaches in the American Southwest.
15) Dreamplace
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Present-day visitors describe what they see when they visit the pueblos where the Anasazi lived long ago.
16) Coyote & bobcat
Publisher
Garlic Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A Navajo tale that tells how the coyote and bobcat gained their shapes.
18) The Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the Navajo way of life, including their traditions, legends, families, and homes.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
©1996
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pictures inscribed and painted on stone are scattered thoroughout the landscape of the southwestern United States. Who drew these pictures so very long ago, and what do the images mean? Introduces young people to the beauty and mystery of rock art and suggests some answers to the intriguing puzzles it poses.