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Rudolfo A Anaya
Author
Series
Sonny Baca novel volume 2
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
While Sonny Baca and friends are enjoying Albuquerque's famed hot air balloon festival, a woman plummets from the sky. Four black feathers surround her body -- the calling card of Sonny's nemesis from "Zia Summer," Raven. Raven possesses powers no mortal can match; and Sonny knows that he is the only one who can defeat him. Drawing on his own guardians, and with the help of a "curandera," Sonny risks his life for his city -- and the survival of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When he was a young man, Randy Lopez left his village in northern New Mexico to seek his fortune. Since then, he has learned some of the secrets of success in the Anglo world and even written a book called Life Among the Gringos. But something has been missing. Now he returns to Agua Bendita to reconnect with his past and to find the wisdom the Anglo world has not provided. In this allegorical account of Randy s final journey, master storyteller Rudolfo...
Author
Publisher
Rio Grande Books, an imprint of LPD Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In order to marry Sage, the girl he loves, Young Eagle must leave his home in New Mexico and undertake a long and perilous journey to the land of the Aztecs to bring back chile seeds for Sage's father. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
With Christmas only days away, it snows so heavily that don Jacobo the wood carver and his visiting grandson are afraid the roads will not be cleared in time for the rest of the family to come from the city, and that a sick neighbor will not get the helphe needs.
15) Alburquerque
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Confronting greedy businessmen, driven politicians, and bitter bigots, Abrán will battle for the city's future, gain insight into its vanishing past, and discover his own soul.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Because Rattlesnake has taken over the road and will not let any of the people or animals in the village use it, Desert Woman enlists the aid of the other animals to create a strange new creature with the necessary tools to overcome Rattlesnake.
