Joseph Bruchac
1) Sacajawea
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Captured by her enemies, married to a foreigner, and a mother at age sixteen, Sacajawea lived a life of turmoil and change. Then in 1804, the mysterious young Shoshone woman known as Bird Woman met Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Acting as interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, Sacajawea bravely embarked on an epic journey that altered history forever. Hear her extraordinary story, told by Sacajawea and by William Clark, in alternating chapters and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
3) Dawn land
Author
Series
Young Hunter series volume 1
Pub. Date
1993
Description
About ten thousand years ago in the northeast, the Abenaki– People of the Dawn Land – created a thriving community in social and ecological balance with nature and with each other. One of the finest sons of the People is Young Hunter, who dedicates himself to becoming a pure hunter. But a shadow is crossing over this place, threatening his beloved homeland, and Young Hunter is called to its defense. The deep-seeing...
8) Two roads
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"It's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his pop have been riding the rails for a year after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Cal likes being a "knight of the road" with Pop, even if they're broke. But then Pop has to go to Washington, D.C.--and Cal can't go with him. So Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: He's a Creek Indian, which means Cal is, too. And Pop has decided to send Cal to Challagi Indian School, a government...
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name: Sitting Bull.
15) The dark pond
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
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.
16) Skeleton Man
Author
Series
Skeleton Man (Joseph Bruchac) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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.