Rudolfo A Anaya
Author
Language
English
Description
"Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. Ultima is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will probe the family ties that bind and rend him as he discovers himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past-a mythic legacy as palpable as the Catholicism of Latin America. And at each life turn, there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world . . . and will nurture...
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.
Author
Series
Library of America ; 361
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mythmaker, master storyteller, and a writer powerfully attuned to the land and history of his native New Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya is one of the undisputed fathers of Chicano literature. Writing in an era when Latino voices were marginalized and just beginning to be read and acknowledged, Anaya broke new ground with Bless Me, Ultima (1972), a mythic novel that captures the richness and complexity of history, community, and place in the American Southwest....
Author
Publisher
Rio Grande Books
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."--
9) Jemez spring
Author
Series
Sonny Baca novel ; 4
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Private detective Sonny Baca enters a deadly race against time when his investigation of the drowning death of the governor of New Mexico leads him to the realization that his old enemy Raven in back at work and has planted a bomb near the Los Alamos National Laboratories.
14) Shaman winter
Author
Series
Sonny Baca novel ; 3
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A mystery fantasy on PI Sonny Baca of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as he tries to outwit the evil spirit, Raven. The spirit has abducted some girls and the parents have asked Baca to get them back. The struggle plays out in Baca's dreams.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After years of working with at-risk youth, Chicana social worker Rosa Medina leaves Los Angeless gang-ridden barrios and street violence to settle in the New Mexican village of Puerto de Luna. Her goal: to write a novel about BilitoBilly the Kid. It all sounds straightforward enough, but things get more complicatedand a lot more excitingwhen Rosa is transported back in time to 1879, where she participates in the infamous Lincoln County War, riding...
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 help he needs.
