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3) The Ugly One
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Micay is a little girl living in the Incan city of Machu Picchu. She considers herself hideous, with a scar like a river running from her right eye to her mouth--everyone ignores her because of it, and she hides it with her hair. When a stranger from the jungle comes to the mountain city, he gives Micay a baby macaw, and her life changes forever.
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"Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she's intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen's next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo. And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood--an ancient forest possessed...
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13,000 years ago in the Great Lakes Region, twelve-year-old Twig, a Spirit Dreamer who can see into the future, teams up with best friend Greyhawk and the unpopular shaman Screech Owl to warn villagers of an impending natural disaster that could have devastating environmental effects. Includes review questions, recommended reading, and information on the prehistory of the Great Lakes Region, paleoclimatology, and Clovis culture.
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Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she's an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can't disagree, especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can't control, causing an earthquake in her village. So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and...
7) Ice whale
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In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whalebeing born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, for as long as it lives.
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Zero Adedji dreams of joining one of the Saba guilds, groups of intergalactic travelers who explore space, retrieve lost treasures, and hunt down criminals, but he knows that's all it is: a dream. But his world is flipped upside down when he finds a strange object, a golden pyramid that houses a legendary Kobasticker called the Jupiter, and the Jupiter chooses Zero as its next host. Soon, Zero and his friends Camih and Ladi are tasked with recovering...
10) Golden Sun
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Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.
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In a prehistoric era, Tib, a boy who is made fun of for his birthmark and his clumsiness, makes friends with Tumtum, a big, playful red dinosaur only he ever sees. When Tumtum saves the tribe's kids from a pack of hungry wolves, the shaman decides it's time to welcome a dinosaur into the tribe.