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.

Growing up on a pineapple farm in Mexico, a young girl discovers the magic in everyday transformations that take place around her.

In Cuidad Juárez, Mexico in 1999, where kidnapping of girls and women is common, a woman approaches thirteen-year-old Anamaria claiming to be her future self, offering advice and requesting help.

Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend, Linda, disappeared from the streets of Juarez, and ever since Sara has been using her job as a reporter to draw attention to the girls who have been kidnapped by the criminals who control the city, but now she and her family are being threatened--meanwhile her younger brother, Emiliano, is being lured into the narcotics business by the promise of big money, and soon the only way for both of them to escape...

Painting in her grandmother's studio and riding her favorite horse, Georgia, help fourth-grader Saige cope with missing Mimi and spark an idea for funding the school art program, but more creativity will be needed to keep Georgia from being sold.

When Aki and her best friend Lori set off on a youth-group trip to a small Mexican town for the summer, Aki meets Christa, who helps awaken her sexual and emotional feelings towards other women.

Thirteen-year-old Tepary discovers an old flute in a cliff dwelling in New Mexico, and through its power he learns about ancient Native American magic.

When Luca and his brother, who are citizens, must travel to Mexico with his undocumented parents, who have been deported, he must live in his grandmother's house but takes comfort in his trumpet that reminds him of his home and his friends.

On his grandfather's ranch in New Mexico's Río Puerco Valley, eight-year-old Junie's family celebrates matanza, the annual ritual of hog butchering. Includes pork recipes.

Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.