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Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!
The Edgar-Award winning second novel in New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman's bestselling and highly acclaimed Leaphorn and Chee series
"Hillerman is a wonderful storyteller."—New York Times Book Review
Two Native American boys have vanished into
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Killer of enemies volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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"In a world that has barely survived an apocalypse that leaves it with pre-twentieth century technology, Lozen is a monster hunter for four tyrants who are holding her family hostage"--
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Three men raid the gambling casino run by the Ute nation and then disappear into the maze of canyons on the Utah-Arizona border. When the FBI, with its helicopters and high-tech equipment, focuses on a wounded deputy sheriff as a possible suspect, Navajo Tribal Police Sergeant Jim Chee and his longtime colleague, retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, launch an investigation of their own. Chee sees a dangerous flaw in the federal theory; Leaphorn sees intriguing...
6) Brules
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Cat Brules westerns volume 1
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Language
English
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Killer of enemies volume 2
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Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Lozen and her family, on the run from the tyrants who once held them hostage, embark on a journey along a perilous trail once followed by her ancestors, where they meet friends and foes alike"--
9) El Paso
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English
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"Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars, Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten period of history in this saga pitting the legendary Pancho Villa against 'the Colonel,' a thrill-seeking Bostonian railroad tycoon. El Paso explodes into an epic with an extraordinary cast of characters from both history and imagination, all vying to get their hands on the ever-elusive Villa. But no matter what prize each player...
13) Abuelita's heart
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
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Before returning to the city with her parents, a young girl walks with her grandmother, learning about the special feelings, places, and plants that are part of her heritage and the Southwestern desert where Abuelita lives.
15) The mud family
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Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
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A drought threatens to force Sosi's family to move from their canyon, unless she can bring rain with her dancing.
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Broken River Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"A man tasked with shuttling children over the border believes the Virgin Mary is guiding him towards final justice. A woman offers colonizer blood to the mother of chaos. A boy joins corpse destroyers to seek vengeance for the death of his father."--Back cover.
17) Lucky Billy
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English
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A myth-busting novel about America's most infamous and beloved outlaw, Billy the Kid, from a critically acclaimed historical novelist
According to legend, Billy the Kid killed twenty-one men, one for every year of his short life; stole from wealthy cattle barons to give to the poor; and wooed just about every senorita in the American Southwest.
In Lucky Billy, John Vernon digs deeply into the historical record to find a truth more remarkable than...
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Indigenous Own Voices
Indigenous People's Day: Young Adult
Indigenous Peoples' Month: 2023
Time's 100 Best YA Titles of All Time
Indigenous People's Day: Young Adult
Indigenous Peoples' Month: 2023
Time's 100 Best YA Titles of All Time
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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.
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