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The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. Sequel to "The Indian in the Cupboard."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack is a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Native American forebears to survive the vast Siberian wilderness. Only one route lies open to Mack: the path of his ancestors, overland to the Bering Strait and across the sea to America. But in pursuit is a legendary tracker, the Yakut native Alekhin, who...
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English
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The story of Nophaie, a young Navajo, who is picked up by a party of whites at the age of seven. White parents bring the child up as though he were their own, eventually sending him to a prestigious Eastern college where he distinguishes himself by his outstanding athletic skill all the while struggling to find a place in society.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Remembering her mother's words, an eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.
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Series
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
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The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, which also includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace, Love Medicine tells the story of two families--the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. Now resequenced by the author with the addition of never-before-published chapters, this is a publishing event equivalent to the presentation of a new and definitive text. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, Love Medicine springs...
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American girls collection. Kaya, 1764 volume 3
American girl.Kaya volume 03
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 3
American girl 1764 volume 03
American girl.Kaya volume 03
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 3
American girl 1764 volume 03
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Percé village and wants to be worthy of her respect. Includes historical notes on the winter activities of the Nez Percé Indians, including ceremonies and crafts.
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Series
Love medicine volume 08
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Faye Travers, a middle-aged divorcee and specialist in Native American antiquities, discovers a rare ceremonial drum while assessing the estate of a New Hampshire man descended from an Indian agent, and, when she hears the sound of the drum without even touching the instrument, she feels compelled to steal it and return it to a North Dakota reservation where its remarkable history is revealed.
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Lexile measure
790L
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English
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In the year 1824, not far from what is now Indianapolis, Indiana, five white men killed a group of nine innocent, peaceful Indians who were camped nearby. Fall Creek, a settlement about 100 miles northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, was on the frontier of white civilization. The people who lived there had pushed westward to find their own land, enduring hardships, including Indian raids, before reaching their goal. For many years whites had been killing...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Alexie reveals himself to be a more fearless writer than one might ever have imagined: the stories are bold, uncensored, raucous,and sexy ...apt and true...The lives he portrays are so finely detailed, the tales so carefullly woven , that even the most culturally sheltered reader is transported."
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American girls collection. Kaya, 1764 volume 6
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 6
American girl.Kaya volume 06
American girl 1764 volume 06
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 6
American girl.Kaya volume 06
American girl 1764 volume 06
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Kaya is overjoyed that her sister, Speaking Rain, has returned; however, she is still saddened that she will never see her beloved horse, Steps High.
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American girls collection. Kaya, 1764 volume 5
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 5
American girl 1764 volume 05
American girl.Kaya volume 05
American girls collection. Kaya 1764 volume 5
American girl 1764 volume 05
American girl.Kaya volume 05
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Percé and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before. Includes historical notes on the summer activities of the Nez Percé Indians.
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English
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"In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Colonel Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return--once he passes beyond the edge of the known world, there's no...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"A young Native American, Abel has come home to New Mexico from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his garndfather’s, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his people. But the other world—modern, industrial America—pulls at Abel, demanding his loyalty and goading him into a destructive cycle of depravity and despair. A Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
"The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians."--
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Series
Spanish bit saga volume 2
Language
English
Description
A Southern Indian tribe under the leadership of Heads Off is transformed into warriors when they adapt the "elkdogs"--horses--as part of their culture.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Percé village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Percé Indians.
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