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1) Skeleton man
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Series
Skeleton Man (Joseph Bruchac) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wampanoag children listen as their grandmother tells them the story about how Weeâchumun (the wise Corn) asked local Native Americans to show the Pilgrims how to grow food to yield a good harvest--Keepunumuk--in 1621.
Author
Series
Legend series (Kathy-Jo Wargin) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells the story of the great turtle Makinauk that enlists the aid of other animals to help create the special place known as Mackinac Island.
Author
Series
Legend series (Kathy-Jo Wargin) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill Anglican priest and his assignment in a coastal Indian community in British Columbia. The nonfiction story behind this book is told in Again Calls th Owl (1984). Best Books for Young Teen Readers. A young minister who has two years to live learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to an Indian parish in British Columbia.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods surrounding North Mountains School, Armie looks to the tales of his Shawnee ancestors for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
Author
Series
Legend series (Kathy-Jo Wargin) volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young maiden is entranced by the Spirit Wood, where playful fairies known as the Pukwudjininees live, and wants to keep visiting there despite being forbidden to do so by her family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Charming collection of 7 authentic Indian tales told by Iagoo the storyteller. Includes "The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds," "The Child of the Evening Star," "The Boy Who Snared the Sun," "How the Summer Came," "Grasshopper," and 3 others. 29 new illustrations.
Author
Series
Skeleton Man (Joseph Bruchac) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk Mountain House, Molly begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to kill them all the previous year.
Author
Series
Legend series (Kathy-Jo Wargin) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the life of Petosegay, an Ottawa Indian chief, who gave his name to the small town in northern Michigan--Petoskey--where a unique stone can be found along its shores.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An old warrior and a young boy travel through the frigid cold of the north to teach the fierce North Wind how to live peacefully with his brothers, allowing the formerly uninhabitable land of Michigane to be settled.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Tiger Lily and her community, the Indigenous people of Neverland, possess a unique ability: they can choose to grow up. But for now, Tiger Lily is enjoying being thirteen, spending time with her grandmother and exploring alongside her horse and her friends. Then Tiger Lily uncovers a plot by two of Captain Hook's pirates, who are searching for a mysterious, powerful treasure. Determined to protect Neverland, Tiger Lily sets out on a very grown-up...
18) Night wings
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
For thousands of years, quartz fragments have traveled down the Delaware River (once called the Wehittck by the Lenape Indians), washing ashore near a place settled by the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobson Mey, where they are gathered as treasures and known as Cape May Diamonds.
Author
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book celebrates the American Indian belief that the cycle of Creation is taking place around us at all times. In this beautifully illustrated edition, replete with stunning watercolors, Goble tells the remarkable Plains Indian story of the remaking of Earth after the flood, when the creatures who survived in the water cried out to God, their Creator, "Earth Maker! Earth Maker! We want to live!" Earth Maker heard their cries and told them, "I...
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