... and now Miguel by Krumgold, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(HarperTrophy, 1984)

BTSB #: 533300 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-16   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 6.6 6-8 Lexile: 780 F&P: Z

Genres: Adventure Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Adventure fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: The story of Miguel Chavez who yearned to go with the men of his family to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and trade boyhood for manhood.

Desert crossing by Broach, Elise 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01598 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Mystery fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: A summer trip across the New Mexico desert turns nightmarish for fourteen-year-old Lucy, her older brother Jamie, and his best friend Kit, as they become involved in the suspicious death of a young girl.

Fated by Noel, Alyson 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2012)

BTSB #: P01837 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Visions - Fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: Strange things have been happening to Daire Santos. Animals follow her, crows mock her, and glowing people appear out of nowhere. Worried that Daire is having a breakdown, her mother sends her to stay with a grandmother she's never met, who recognizes Daire's bizarre episodes for what they are: a call to her true destiny as a Soul Seeker, one who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead.

Hour of the bees by Eagar, Lindsay 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2016)

BTSB #: P03217 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Grandfathers - Fiction Granddaughters - Fiction Families - Fiction Storytelling - Fiction Dementia - Fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: Carol is spending the summer in the New Mexico desert to move the grandfather she never met off his dying sheep ranch and into a home for people with dementia. But she becomes enchanted with his stories, including the one about a tree that provided immortality to local villagers and eventually finds herself questioning if some of the magical stories are real or just part of his dementia.

Race to the sun by Roanhorse, Rebecca 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2019)

BTSB #: 757522 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 680

Genres: Adventure Fiction Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Family Life

Subjects: Adventure fiction Monsters - Fiction Navajo Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - New Mexico - Fiction Navajo mythology - Fiction Family life - New Mexico - Fiction Friendship - Fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms.

Return to Augie Hobble by Smith, Lane 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2015)

BTSB #: 830160 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG

Genres: Supernatural Family Life

Subjects: Amusement parks - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Supernatural - Fiction Death - Fiction Family life - New Mexico - Fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: New Mexico middle-schooler Augie Hobble grapples with adolescence, paranormal mysteries, an overdue Creative Arts project, and heartbreaking loss while working his father's theme park, Fairy Tale Place.

Southwest sunrise by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 402554 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Moving - Fiction Nature - Fiction Color - Fiction African Americans - Fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: Jayden expects to see nothing but brown his first morning in New Mexico, but after being surprised by colorful rocks, flowers, birds, and animals, he wonders if this place could become home.

Water Lady : how Darlene Arviso helps a thirsty Navajo Nation by McGinty, Alice B. 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 626236 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 640 AD

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Arviso, Darlene - Fiction Water supply - Fiction Deserts - Fiction Navajo Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - New Mexico - Fiction New Mexico - Fiction

Summary: Darlene Arviso drives a school bus and picks up students for school. After dropping them off, she heads to another job: she drives her big yellow tanker truck to the water tower, fills it with three thousand gallons of water, and returns to the reservation, bringing water to many, many others.