Seeking the quite of the outdoors, Joey and his friends explore Hawk's Canyon, a small canyon not far from Gray Horse on a quiet weekend. However Hawk's Canyon hides dark secrets of its own. In the thrill of childhood innocence, Joey stumbles across a dark and ancient secret long hidden by the tribal elders. What he finds, turns his life upside down, and sends him running in terror. Now Joey begins to realize his grandfather knows something that he never shared. For the first time, Joey finds himself searching for the answer to a personal mystery. Why does Grandpa Ben want so desperately to leave his most sacred ways with a child with a disability?

While studying in the forest with his grandfather, Joey finds himself drawn to the activities going on down by the creek and decides to try to watch a family of beavers. As he watches, he begins to see similarities in his own life. Quickly everything starts to come apart when he discovers that something has gone wrong at a nearby ranger's post. Suddenly, Joey must try to sort through a strange trail of clues leading back into the woods. Worried that something may have happened to his dad, Joey teams up with his friends and his little brother to find Steven Red Wolf. As they race to help Joey's dad, they discover the real meaning of family.

Old memories haunting Joey Red Wolf in the night, lead him to a shocking truth about himself: not only is he different from everyone around him, but he will change the future of the Red Wolf family medicine altars. What will his family think, especially him grandfather? Why do the elders and the spirits want to leave this key piece of Cheyenne culture, closely guarded for generations, in the care of a child with a disability?AJ Big Bear, Joey's best friend is also searching for something personal. Why all of a sudden do the spirits seem to call to him? The answer lies in the spiritual part of the old ways. However, for AJ find the old ways, he must first discover himself.The shocking truth awaits them in mysterious Cheyenne Spirit Lodge! Are Joey and AJ ready to rediscover the meaning of faith?

The story of a teenager and her experiences at a christian camp.

At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.

Show reluctant teens that reading is not only fundamental-it's also fun! In this companion book to Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers, Ammon and Sherman describe 40 exciting, contemporary titles (20 for middle school, 20 for high school) written by outstanding authors. These are books your students won't want to put down. Designed to make the matching process between student and books easy and successful, this volume also includes genre and theme indexes, curriculum activities, interest and readability levels, and reproducible bookmarks for each entry.

While visiting a Navaho Indian reservation in New Mexico, the Aldens try to save a forest under threat of development by proving it is the site of a lost, buried village. But someone is sabotaging their dig