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1) Ghost canoe
Author
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author and master of adventure Will Hobbs delivers a breathless mystery that will have readers on the edge of their seats!
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,
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Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Percé Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Percé village and wants to be worthy of her respect. Includes historical notes on the winter activities of the Nez Percé Indians, including ceremonies and crafts.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
70 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While looking for Steps High, the horse that had been stolen from her, Kaya faces danger from a sudden mountain fire. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kaya is a Nez Perce girl who takes pride in helping out and supporting the tribe--and also in her beloved horse, Steps High. But when she chooses racing her horse over family responsibilities, Kaya has to prove herself to earn her tribe's respect. Kaya's story of adventure in the wilderness is sure to engage today's readers as they learn what it was like to be a Native American girl in 1764 in this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader. Great for...
8) The Beast
Author
Series
Darkdeep volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Middle-schoolers Nico, Opal, Tyler, and Emma face a more dangerous threat and must uncover the whirlpool's origins, as well as those of that freaky "Thing in a Jar," while fending off paranormal investigators.
Author
Series
Sasquatch and aliens volume 1
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Morgan of the Pacific Northwest is fascinated with aliens and the sasquatch, but his real adventures begin when he meets Lewis, whose parents just bought a motel named the Sasquatch Inn.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a twelve-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near an island in the Pacific Northwest.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
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.
12) The water bears
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Newt Gomez has a thing with bears. Last year, he survived a bear attack. And this year, he finds an unusual bear statue that just might grant wishes. Newt's best friend, Ethan, notices a wishbone on the statue and decides to make a wish. When it comes true, Newt thinks it's a coincidence. Even as more people wish on the bear and their wishes come true, Newt is not convinced. But Newt has a wish too: while he loves his home on eccentric Murphy Island,...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Set on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme describes the silly consequences of an old woman's fishy diet.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
81 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Still grieving over the death of her hero, and missing her stolen horse and kidnapped younger sister, Kaya tries to earn the trust of a lone and starving dog who is about to have puppies. Includes historical notes on Nez Percé children.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Kchokeen, a Tlingit princess, is rescued from drowning by a guardian spirit that later enables Kchokeen to summon a great wave and save her people from hostile strangers.
17) Written in stone
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
196 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Series
Sasquatch and aliens volume 2
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
169 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Morgan and Lewis receive a cryptic letter and a key from Mr. Lee, they get to see more of his life-like costume creations. Robots, aliens, and Sasquatches abound and the big question through it all is--what's real and what's pretending to be real?"-
20) Bella Bella
Author
Series
Publisher
WestWinds Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-olds Aaron and Lisa and their fathers, and seventeen-year-old Cassidy and his dad--embark on a sea kayaking trip off the coast of the Pacific Northwest that brings them unexpected and even terrifying adventures.
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