Not since Mari Sandoz wrote The Horsecatcher has there been a more powerful young reader book about early American Indian life. Native Americans of the North American plains are generally depicted as horsemen, but that is only a recent part of their culture. Based on historical facts and legends, this book offers high adventure and accurate information about the 18th century Blackfoot Nation before the horse culture began.

The feelings and attitudes of the heroine, Spotted Flower, are skillfully brought in focus as Spotted Flower finds a ponokomita (horse) on the Norther...

It's the 21st Century, but one rancher in Lamp Creek Valley is being harassed by the dark specter of a dead relative and ancient beliefs that seem to be threatening the environment. He is compelled to face his past in order to quell the mystical chaos that is affecting three families--including his own. At the base of Taggart Peak is a mysterious canyon. The beginning of everything, legends say. Eddie CloudRunner lives near this canyon and has enjoyed a relatively normal life, until ghosts from his past begin dogging his every step. Add the dismal reality of serious environmental changes in...