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1) Peacemaker
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
156 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy"--
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Norvia moves from Beaver Island to Boyne City in 1914, she has to contend with a new school, a first crush, and a blended family, but she also must keep secret her parents' divorce and her Ojibwe heritage. Includes author's note.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
403 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1980 life is hard on the Tuscarora Reservation in upstate New York, and most of the teenagers feel like they are going nowhere: Carson Mastick dreams of forming a rock band, and Maggi Bokoni longs to create her own conceptual artwork instead of the traditional beadwork that her family sells to tourists--but tensions are rising between the reservation and the surrounding communities, and somehow in the confusion of politics and growing up Carson...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
359 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.
Author
Publisher
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
348 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The history of North America, from Christopher Columbus to the present day, is a chaotic struggle for ownership of the land. This text will address questions such as the history of native communities that were displaced or conquered, and even further back to how Native North, Central and South Americans came to these continents in the first place. Historical facts are mainly supported through archaeological findings."--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 42
Physical Desc
511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Though primarily a biography of Meriwether Lewis, this book also provides fascinating sketches of Thomas Jefferson, William Clark, Sacagawea, & other contemporaries. From the bestselling author of the definitive book on D-Day comes the definitive book on the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis,...
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