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Author
Series
The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
2) Zia
Author
Publisher
Sandpiper
Pub. Date
[2011], c1976
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana, whose story was told in "The Island of the Blue Dolphins."
5) Dreamcatcher
Author
Publisher
Orchard
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
In the land of the Ojibway a baby sleeps, protected from bad dreams, as the life of the tribe goes on around him.
Author
Series
The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 2
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
[2010?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A boy's father celebrates the interconnectedness of the natural world through his daily words of thanks and assures his son, who finds it a little embarrassing to thank trees and such, that it becomes a habit and makes one feel good.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Tired of staying in seclusion since the death of her best friend, a fourteen-year-old Native American girl takes on a photographic assignment with her local newspaper to cover events at the Native American summer youth camp.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1960
Language
English
Description
Accidentally left behind after her tribe flees, Karana spends eighteen years alone on an island off the coast of California. Her courage and resourcefulness help her to survive and to fill her life with moments of beauty and happiness.
12) Skysisters
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Two Ojibway sisters set off across the frozen north country to the the SkySpirits' midnight dance, and after an exhilarating walk and patient waiting, the girls are rewarded by the arrival of the SkySpirits--the Northern Lights.
15) Jim & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 8
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.
Author
Series
Misewa saga volume 5
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
To save the animal beings of Ministik, Eli joins forces with the leader of the Bird Warriors, and journeying across the North Country, Eli must fight for his life and the lives of his friends and family--and come to terms with only being part human.
17) Berry song
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from the stream, herring eggs from the ocean, and in the forest, a world of berries. Through the seasons, they sing to the land as the land sings to them. Brimming with joy and gratitude, in every step of their journey, they forge a deeper kinship with both the earth and the generations that came before, joining in the song that connects us...
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Banned & Challenged Children's Books
Children's Native American Heritage Books
Popular Middle Grade Books
Children's Native American Heritage Books
Popular Middle Grade Books
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
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Description
To escape a government that needs antigens in aboriginal blood to stop a plague, sixteen-year-old Cassandra and her family flee to the Island, where she not only gets help in communicating with the spirit world, she learns she has been chosen to be their voice and instrument.
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