Native Americans

Apache, by Raymond Bial Benchmark Books, 2001 Discusses the history, culture, beliefs, changing ways, and notable people of the Apache. See also: Blackfeet, Creek, Chocktaw, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanchee, Huron, Iroquois... Reading Level: 6.5; Accelerated Reader: 7.8
Bearstone, by Will Hobbs Atheneum, 1989 A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man. Reading Level: 5.3; Accelerated Reader: 5.0
Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich Hyperion Books for Children, 1999 Omakayas, a seven-year-old native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847. Reading Level: 5.6; Accelerated Reader: 6.1
Crazy Horse's Vision, by Joseph Bruchac Lee & Low Books, 2000 A story based on the life of the dedicated young Lakota boy who grew up to be one of the bravest defenders of his people. Reading Level: 6.4; Accelerated Reader: 4.0
First Americans, by Joy Hakim Oxford University Press, 2003 Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans. Reading Level: 6.7; Accelerated Reader:
Huron, by Raymond Bial Benchmark Books, 2001 Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-124) and index. Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and customs of the Huron people, also known as the Wyandot. Reading Level: 6.2; Accelerated Reader: 8.1
Minuk : ashes in the pathway, by Kirkpatrick Hill Pleasant Co., 2002 "American Girl.";"Yup'ik Alaska"--Cover. Twelve-year-old Minuk's traditional Eskimo way of life is changed forever in 1892 with the arrival of Christian missionaries. Reading Level: 6.1; Accelerated Reader: 5.1
Mystic horse, by Paul Goble HarperCollins, 2003 After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers. Reading Level: 3.1; Accelerated Reader: 4.6
People of the Breaking Day, by Marcia Sewall Alladin Paperbacks, 1997 A poetic evocation of the lifestyle and traditional beliefs of the Wampanoag Indians. Reading Level: 5.1; Accelerated Reader:
Sequoya: the man who gave his people writing, by James Rumford Houghton Mifflin, 2004 Contains the biography of Sequoyah, a member of the Cherokee nation who was born in the 1760s in eastern Tennessee and who developed the first written alphabet and language for the Cherokee people. Presented in English and Cherokee. Reading Level: 2.9; Accelerated Reader: 3.7
Sitting Bull and His World, by Albert Marrin Dutton Children's Books, 2000 Discusses the life of the Hunkpapa chief who is remembered for his defeat of General Custer at Little Big Horn. Reading Level: 7.8
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech HarperCollins, 1994. 1995 Newbery Medal After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. Reading Level: 6.6; Accelerated Reader: 4.9
The Wigwam and the Longhouse, by Charlotte Yue, Charlotte Houghton Mifflin, 2000 Describes the history, customs, religion, government, homes, and present-day status of the various native peoples that inhabited the eastern woodlands since before the coming of the Europeans. Reading Level: 5.4; Accelerated Reader: 7.6
Winter People, by Joseph Bruchac Dial Books, 2002 Fourteen-year-old Saxso, a member of the Abenaki tribe in Canada, embarks on a dangerous rescue mission when his mother and two younger sisters are taken hostage during an attack by the British on their unprotected village in 1759. Reading Level: 6.8; Accel. Reader: 5.5