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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Omri's birthday present from his best friend, Patrick, isn't what he really wanted. He received other gifts that are much more exciting--a skateboard, a mysterious cupboard from his brother, and, from his mother, a very old key that fits the cupboard's lock. By the end of the day Omri has almost forgotten the three-inch-high Indian Patrick gave him.
But just before going to bed, Omri decides to put the Indian in the cupboard. He shuts the door, locks...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Dear America series. In the diary account of her life at a government-run Pennsylvania boarding school in 1880, a twelve-year-old Sioux Indian girl reveals a great need to find a way to help her people.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.
9) Julie
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hundreds, even thousands, of years before Europeans arrived in North America, American Indians had made their homes here. These many groups adapted to the varied lands and climates of what would later become the United States. Each group developed its own culture and history. When settlers from Britain, France, Spain, and Russia arrived, the newcomers interacted with American Indians in different ways. Some engaged in trade, while others tried to...
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride."--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
2nd Aladdin Books ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
52 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Kidhaven Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the forced relocation of American Indian tribes by the American government, resulting in tribal warfare, broken treaties, and the brutal march known as the Trail of Tears.
15) Sweetgrass
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
159 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Living on the western Canadian prairie in the nineteenth century, Sweetgrass, a fifteen-year-old Blackfoot Indian girl, saves her family from a smallpox epidemic and proves her maturity to her father.
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this magical, modern twist on Peter Pan, stepsisters Lily and Wendy are spirited away to Neverland by a mysterious boy and must find a way back to the family they love.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
60 p.: col. ill.; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs, illustrations, and anecdotes, both factual and fictional, describe a Nez Perce girl's experiences growing up in the mid-eighteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
228 p.: ill.; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Omri, his father, and other members of his family learn more about the cupboard in his room, together and separately they are caught up in several dangerous adventures that reveal more about its powers.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
70 p.: col. ill.; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While looking for Steps High, the horse that had been stolen from her, Kaya faces danger from a sudden mountain fire. Includes historical notes on the Nez Perce Indians.