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  Jim Chee: Book 2

  The Dark Wind

  by Tony Hillerman

  A corpse whose palms and soles have been "scalped" is only the first in a series of disturbing clues: an airplane's mysterious crash in the nighttime desert, a bizarre attack on a windmill, a vanishing shipment of cocaine. Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police is trapped in the deadly web of a cunningly spun plot driven by Navajo sorcery and white man's greed.
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  Joe Leaphorn And Jim Chee: Book 4

  Coyote Waits

  by Tony Hillerman

  The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez, a bullet did. Officer Jim Chee's good friend Del lies dead, and a whiskey-soaked Navajo shaman is found with the murder weapon. The old man is Ashie Pinto. He's quickly arrested for homicide and defended by a woman Chee could either love or loathe. But when Pinto won't utter a word of confession or denial, Lt. Joe Leaphorn begins an investigation. Soon,... (more)
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  Finding Moon

  by Tony Hillerman

  Tony Hillerman's bestselling Navajo mysteries have thrilled millions of readers with their taut, intricate plotting, sensitive, subtle characterizations and lyrical evocations of landscapes and cultures. Now he departs his trademark terrain and applies his talents to a story he has wanted to tell for decades about an ordinary man thrust into total chaos. Until the telephone call came for him on April 12, 1975,... (more)
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  The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West

  by Tony Hillerman

  A sterling collection of classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction evoking the unique spirit of the West and its people, selected and introduced by one of today's premier chroniclers of the Western landscape and a New York Times bestselling author.
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  The Lost Treasure of the Golden Sun Teacher's Guide

  by Carol J. Amato

  If you are teaching a unit on the Southwest Indians, this guide is just what you need! You'll find word games, research projects, activities, and quizzes to enrich your materials across the curriculum: writing, social studies, geography, art, history, science, math, and reading comprehension. Loaded with reproducibles, this guide has activities that correspond to the California (Grade 5) and Arizona (Grade... (more)
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  Laughing Boy

  by Oliver LAFarge

  Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's enduring American classic depicts a young, Navajo couple experiencing all the uncertainties and joys of first love. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, an "American"-educated Navajo. La Farge's debut novel also vividly evokes the beauty and majesty of the Southwestern landscape. In 1930,... (more)
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  Ella Clah: Book 14

  Coyote's Wife

  by Aimée Thurlo, David Thurlo

  Ella Clah is no longer an unsure young woman recently returned to the Navajo Reservation from a stint with the FBI; she has found her place in her tribe, her clan, and her family. She has seen the Diné at their worst—and at their best—as they balance the modern era with the traditional Navajo way of life. Ervin Benally, son-in-law of the powerful Navajo businesswoman and politician Abigail Yellowhair, plans to... (more)
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  I Team: Book 4

  Naked Edge

  by Pamela Clare

  What do you do when desire drives you to the very brink? Someone wants the Native Americans off their sacred land. And when Navajo journalist Katherine James and park ranger Gabriel Rossiter team up to investigate why, their passion for the truth-and each other-makes them targets for those desperate enough to kill.------------The day Navajo journalist Katherine James met Gabriel Rossiter the earth... (more)
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  Ella Clah: Book 15

  Earthway

  by Aimée Thurlo, David Thurlo

  Ella Clah has found her place on the Navajo Reservation, in her tribe, her clan, and her family.  She has seen the Diné at their worst—and at their best—as they balance the modern era with the traditional Navajo way of life. The Navajo are building a nuclear power plant on the Reservation.  Though the tribe voted for the plant, there are those who believe that nuclear power is inherently dangerous—and... (more)
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  Navaho Neighbors

  by Franc Johnson Newcomb

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  Ella Clah: Book 17

  Black Thunder: An Ella Clah Novel

  by Aimée Thurlo

  A construction crew found the first body. The cops found three more, in a cluster that lay on both sides of the border of the Navajo Reservation. Because some of the bodies were buried outside the Rez, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah and her team must work a delicate joint investigation with the New Mexico police. Identifying the dead isn’t easy—some had been buried for years—and at first the cases... (more)