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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"In these stories set in the southwest, the mostly working--class characters struggle to rise beyond their pasts and their own worst tendencies...Sojourner uses passion, high -- energy storytelling, and unflinching empathy to break the reader's heart." -- KIRKUS REVIEWS.
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Year in and year out, Jim Gore wandered the barren hills of the Southwest, dreaming of mining the mother lode. Yet for all his schemes and hard work, the cunning saddle bum never figured on an earthquake uncovering a huge treasure in silver - and plunging him neck deep in dollars and danger. It seemed that Gore wasn't the only hombre who had a claim on the loot, and if he ever ran out of bullets, he wouldn't be the only fortune hunter buried in the...
66) Kokopelli's gift
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a stranger named Kokopelli arrives at a drought-stricken Puebloan village, he accepts gifts in exchange for teaching the villagers to sing and dance to bring the rain.
67) Medicine road
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Series
Newford series volume 13
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Twins sisters on a musical tour of the Southwest meet up with Native American spirits in search of soul mates.
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Description
Describes the history of American Indian tribes in Colorado from the earliest nomads who hunted the giant wooly mammoth to the Utes, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes who lived in a warrior culture. Includes a comprehensive guidebook to archaeological sites, museums, cultural centers, and other sources of information.
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Pub. Date
[2013].
Description
Lyndall Burke, a vulnerable young scientist and free spirit, gets caught up in a battle between ecoterrorists and corrupt public officials over water in the drought-stricken desert Southwest. Lyndall's disappearance leads police officer Susan Brand and private investigator Jake Goddard to rush to her aid, but abduction, deceit, and murder could lead to a cataclysmic ending jeopardizing the entire region. The story is set in Jackson Hole, Wyoming,...
71) Dreamplace
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Present-day visitors describe what they see when they visit the pueblos where the Anasazi lived long ago.
74) The Egyptian box
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Tee is happy to find that the ancient Egyptian box she inherits holds a spirit who will serve her, until she notices changes in her servant's appearance and behavior.
Author
Series
Tucket adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When fifteen-year-old Francis and two younger children lose their way in the wilderness of the Southwest, they face capture at the hands of dangerous men.
79) El niǫ pastor
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As a young Navajo boy brings his family's sheep home one evening, he discovers one is missing and sets out to rescue it before nightfall.
80) The old hogan
Author
Pub. Date
c1986
Description
Members of a Navajo Indian family plan to move to a six-room house with electricity and running water, unaware that their excited talk is saddening the one-room hogan they will be leaving behind.