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1) Ghost canoe
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After a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washington's storm-tossed Cape Flattery, Nathan McAllister, the fourteen-year-old son of the lighthouse keeper, refuses to believe the authorities, who say there were no survivors. Unexplained footprints on a desolate beach, a theft at the trading post, and glimpses of a wild "hairy man" convince Nathan that someone is hiding in the remote sea caves along the coast. With his new friend, Lighthouse George,...
4) Storm boy
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A story drawn from Haida Indian literary tradition in which a boy falls from his canoe into a world of 18-foot tall human-like creatures who welcome him and eventually return him to his village.
6) Frog girl
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When the frogs suddenly vanish from the lake behind her village, a young Native American girl is led to the frog village underneath the lake and learns what she must do to save both the frogs and her own people.
11) Written in stone
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"A young girl in a Pacific Northwest Native American tribe in the 1920s must deal with the death of her father and the loss of her tribe's traditional ways"--Provided by publisher.
12) Brother Bear
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Brother Bear, an epic tale about a boy who is transformed into a bear and forced to see the world through the eyes of his enemy.
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When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Percé and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before. Includes historical notes on the summer activities of the Nez Percé Indians.
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Feeling lonesome and missing her sister and her horse who were captured by enemy raiders, Kaya befriends a dog that has wandered near camp. Although others warn her not to trust the animal, Kaya senses something different. Then, an annual gathering makes Kaya hopeful of her sister' return, and a group of hunters bring news of horses running wild in the mountains. Will this summer bring the happy reunions Kaya's tribe is hoping for?
20) Bear with me
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When Kenai, a Native American boy living in the Pacific Northwest in prehistoric times, is transformed into a bear, he learns about the lives of creatures other than man.