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Language
English
Description
One Good Story, That One is a collection steeped in native oral tradition and shot through with King's special brand of wit and comic imagination. These highly acclaimed stories conjure up Native and Judeo-Christian myths, present-day pop culture and literature, while mixing in just the right amount of perception and experience.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of Sequoyah and his successful effort to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians is rendered into a poem celebrating literacy and the accomplishments of the Cherokee Nation.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"It's 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After Justine's father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout memberof the Holiness Church-a community that Justine at times finds stifling and terrifying. But she does her best as a devoted daughter, until an act of violence sends her on a different path forever....
Author
Publisher
7th Generation
Language
English
Description
"According to Cherokee tradition, when the animals needed fire to keep them warm during cold nights, The Thunder Boys invoked a lightning bolt to strike and light fire to a lone sycamore tree. Water Spider, a tiny savior, boldly creates an ingenious way to bring fire back to the animal community"--
10) Double eagle
Author
Series
Thumps DreadfulWater mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Buffalo Mountain is set to host a gold coin exhibition with dealers coming from all over, and Thumps DreadfulWater winds up with the task of making sure the event goes off without a hitch. As if he didn't already have enough to do. For starters, he and Claire Merchant are trying to work out their relationship. Should they move in together or should they continue on as they have in the past? And there's Sheriff Duke Hockney, who wants Thumps to give...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Haunting illustrations are woven throughout these horror stories that follow one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period.
Author
Series
Thumps DreadfulWater mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whimsical and wry, large-hearted and at times laugh out loud funny, but with an underlying gravitas and significance.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
14) A letter for Bob
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ever since the day Mom and Dad brought Bob home from the car dealership, Bob has been a part of Katie's family. Bob has taken them all over, from powwows to vacations to time spent with faraway family. Bob has been there in sad and scary times and for some of the family's most treasured memories. But after many miles, it's time for the family to say goodbye to Bob ..."--
15) Deep house
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace in small-town Chinook since the pandemic. Sure, his beloved cat is still missing and his relationship with Claire is more than uncertain, but at least he can enjoy some relaxation from the comfort of his home. And now that the local businesses are starting to open their doors again, everything can go back to normal. But when Thumps unintentionally discovers a body at the bottom of a treacherous canyon,...
16) Cold skies
Author
Series
Thumps DreadfulWater mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thumps Dreadful Water has finally found some peace and quiet. His past as a California cop now far behind him, he's living out his retirement as a fine-arts photographer in the small town of Chinook. His health isn't great, and he could use a new stove, but as long as he's got his cat and a halfway decent plate of eggs, life is good.
All that changes when a body turns up on the eve of a major water conference and the understaffed sheriff's department...
17) The last odd day
Author
Language
English
Description
From the Bestselling Author of Friendship Cake Comes a Remarkable Story of Love, Loss, Infidelity, and Forgiveness
19) Talking leaves
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son.
Author
Publisher
Soho Press, Inc
Language
English
Description
With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family, where he keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts.
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