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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the crows teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.
A group of crows gives a trickster coyote a dose of his own medicine when they tire of his conceited bragging after they agree to teach him how to dance, sing, and fly
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.
10) When clay sings
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery.
12) The Spanish West
Author
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses the land, history, and people of the Southwestern United States.
13) The King's fifth
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.
15) Navajo long walk
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Forced to leave their home for an internment camp in New Mexico, Kee and his family must learn to adapt.
Forced to leave their home for an internment camp in New Mexico, Kee and his family must learn to adapt
18) The Comanche
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief introduction to the Comanche Indians including information on their society, homes, food, clothing, crafts, and life today.
20) The Pueblo
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, daily activities, construction of dwellings, and special relationship to the land of the Pueblo Indians.