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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
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Description
When his older brother abandons him on a trip through the Southwest, fourteen-year-old Clay takes up with a Navajo Tribe, encounters the dangers of the wilderness, and discovers the fate of his long lost uncle.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
3) Beardance
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes his spirit mission. Sequel to "Bearstone."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A counting rhyme with illustrations of rabbits in Native American costume, depicting traditional customs such as rain dances, hunting, and smoke signals. Includes a glossary with additional information on the customs.
Author
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Have you ever wondered why pine trees stay green all winter long and don't lose their leaves like other trees? According to an ancient legend attributed to the Cherokee Indians, it was a simple act of kindness towards an injured little bird that earned pine trees this very honor. Retold by award-winning author Alexis York Lumbard, this story invites readers to experience a world where trees and birds speak and interact with each other, and which...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells of the transformative period in the early 16th century when the Spaniards introduced horses to the Great Plains, and how horses became, and remain, a key part of the Plains Indians' culture.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As part of his thirteenth birthday, Jimmy Benge is spending a week ice fishing with his friend, Ryan, in northern Minnesota at his family's lakeside home. One day they get permission to go out further on the lake to try for Northern pike, and Jimmy catches a beauty--but a sudden snow squall turns the situation dangerous. As the boys pack up to make their way back, Uncle Kenny's ATV flips over and he is injured. It is up to the boys to get everybody...
12) The frog mother
Author
Series
Mothers of Xsan volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To the Gitxsan of Northwestern British Columbia, Nox Ga'naaw is a storyteller, speaking truths of the universe. After Nox Ga'naaw, the frog mother, releases her eggs among the aquatic plants of a pond, the tiny tadpoles are left to fend for themselves. As they hatch, grow legs, and transform into their adult selves, they must avoid the mouths of hungry predators. Will the young frogs survive to lay their own eggs, continuing a cycle 200 million years...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Cherokee Zach Feather is going on his first pheasant hunting trip in Oklahoma with his parents, his first ever bird dog (Koda), and his grandfather's shotgun; but when the hunt gets started he discovers that there is a lot more to hunting than he realized and he needs to learn patience--if he survives his encounter with a very annoyed rattlesnake"--WorldCat.
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