The Boy Who Made Dragonfly

Author : Tony Hillerman
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826356745
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy Who Made Dragonfly written by Tony Hillerman and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1986-07-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As readers of Tony Hillerman's detective novels know, he is a skilled interpreter of southwestern Indian cultures. In this book, first published in 1972, he recounts a Zuni myth first recorded a century ago by the anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing. Hillerman's version of the story, written to be read by children ten years old and up, will have equal appeal for adults with an interest in Native American culture. "In our society," Hillerman explains, "this would be called a 'Bible story.' Like stories based on the Old Testament, this narrative is intended to teach both the history and morality of a people." It tells the consequences of a drought in which Zuni crops were ruined and the tribe was forced to accept charity from neighboring Hopis.

Author : Tony Hillerman
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780060223113
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy who Made Dragonfly written by Tony Hillerman and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells a Zuni myth in which a young boy and his sister gain the wisdom that makes them leaders of their people through the intercession of a dragonfly.

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Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826309105
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy Who Made Dragonfly written by and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Zuni myth first recorded a century ago.

Author : Tony Hillerman
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780006179597
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy Who Made Dragonfly written by Tony Hillerman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1991 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761455820
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragonfly written by Julia Golding and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young adult fantasy about a teenage couple who are forced to marry to join their two kingdoms

Author : Kristina Rodanas
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395720769
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragonfly's Tale written by Kristina Rodanas and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, the people known as the Ashiwi offended the Corn Maidens, the spirits who had given them bountiful harvests. Hard times came, and it was left to a boy and his little sister to restore the good fortune of their people. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Full-color illustrations.

Author : Jaleigh Johnson
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0385376472
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mark of the Dragonfly written by Jaleigh Johnson and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Wrinkle in Time and The School of Good and Evil, the New York Times bestseller The Mark of the Dragonfly is a fast-paced adventure story about a mysterious girl and a fearless boy, set in a magical world that is both exciting and dangerous. Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly until she finds the girl amid the wreckage of a caravan in the Meteor Fields. The girl doesn’t remember a thing about her life, but the intricate tattoo on her arm is proof that she’s from the Dragonfly Territories and that she’s protected by the king. Which means a reward for Piper if she can get the girl home. The one sure way to the Territories is the 401, a great old beauty of a train. But a ticket costs more coin than Piper could make in a year. And stowing away is a difficult prospect—everyone knows that getting past the peculiar green-eyed boy who stands guard is nearly impossible. Life for Piper just turned dangerous. A little bit magical. And very exciting, if she can manage to survive the journey. Praise for The Mark of the Dragonfly: ★ “This magnetic middle-grade debut…[is] a page-turner that defies easy categorization and ought to have broad appeal.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred ★ “Heart, brains, and courage find a home in a steampunk fantasy worthy of a nod from Baum.”-- Kirkus Reviews, Starred ★ “A fantastic and original tale of adventure and magic...Piper is a heroine to fall in love with: smart, brave, kind, and mechanically inclined to boot.”—School Library Journal, Starred “A complex and impeccably developed plot—there is plenty to recommend in this novel.”—The Bulletin “Appealing characters and lots of action make it a good choice for young adventure readers.”—Booklist

Author : Kacen Callender
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 133812935X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) written by Kacen Callender and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry! In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself. FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Booklist School Library Journal Publishers Weekly The Horn Book Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death. The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author of Hurricane Child.

Author : Colin Thompson
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742748538
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Looking For Atlantis written by Colin Thompson and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandfather left his grandson a seafarer’s chest, a parrot called Titanic and a dream – the dream of looking for Atlantis. “Atlantis is right here all around you,” Grandfather said, “you have to learn how to look for it.” So when Grandfather dies, the boy starts looking: in the chest, on shelves, in books, under the stairs. Colin Thompson’s dazzingly detailed pictures richly illustrate the boy’s magical journey of discovery.

Author : Diana Gabaldon
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
ISBN 13 : 038567466X
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragonfly in Amber written by Diana Gabaldon and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland... For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ...about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ...and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his .... Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ...in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising ...and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves....