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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms.
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Edward and Nathan, two Navajo stepbrothers, work with a young water monster named Dew to confront their past and save the world from a monstrous, enormous Enemy that is stealing water from all of the Navajo Nation.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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2022 ALA Youth Media Awards
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Native American Heritage Month for Kids
One World, Many Stories, 3rd - 5th
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Native American Heritage Month for Kids
One World, Many Stories, 3rd - 5th
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Brian Young's powerful debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster and comes to realize he's a hero at heart. When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he...
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