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Healer of the water monster / Brian Young.

Young, Brian (Brian Lee), (author.).

Summary:

When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds someone extraordinary: a Holy Being from the Navajo Creation Story -- a Water Monster -- in need of help. Now Nathan must summon all his courage to save his new friend. With the help of other Navajo Holy Beings, Nathan is determined to save the Water Monster, and to support Uncle Jet in healing from his own pain.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062990402
  • ISBN: 0062990403
  • ISBN: 9780062990419
  • ISBN: 0062990411
  • Physical Description: 362 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes glossary
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12. Heartdrum.
Grades 4-6. Heartdrum.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 11 512918.
Awards Note:
American Indian Youth Literature Award, Best Middle Grade Book, 2022.

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Subject: Navajo cosmology > Juvenile fiction.
Navajo families > Juvenile fiction.
Healing > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Navajo boys > Juvenile fiction.
Monsters > Juvenile fiction.
Uncles > Juvenile fiction.
Navajo Indian Reservation > Juvenile fiction.
New Mexico > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Action and adventure fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 154 of 196 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 196 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Hot Springs Library J FIC YOU WM1 (Text) 30229101290582 Juvenile New Fiction Available -
Madison Main Library J FIC YOU WM1 (Text) 30229101290467 Juvenile New Fiction Available -
Mars Hill Library J FIC YOU WM1 (Text) 30229101290574 Juvenile New Fiction Checked out 08/26/2025