Living in one of the most beautiful places on Earth, the Anasazi Indians enjoyed a good and bountiful life. Yet, for some reason, they abandoned their village and all that remains are the ruins of Tyuoni at the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. In this work of fiction, Jopin, an eighty year-old elder desperate for an answer, embarks on a prayer quest that takes him on a chain of events which will unveil the fate of Tyuoni. Deer-tracker, his pre-teen grandson, and Knee-nose, a young spotted deer, help Jopin deal with Chief Salamander's questionable actions and motives as the tribe journeys on a treacherous and intriguing odyssey. In his story, the author strives to demonstrate how a significant religious event could have influenced the people to abandon their majestic village, join the Great Migration, and follow the spinning sun to their new homeland, even though popular belief purports that the Anasazi vanished because of war, severe drought, or famine. The wonder of living in such an extraordinary time and place will provoke interest in the age-old mystery of what really happened. LEANDRO THOMAS GONZALES is now retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory where he was a mathematician, nuclear physicist, and engineer. Having authored many technical papers, he now enjoys other interests such as traveling and writing fiction.

The Spanish edition of our popular free-verse biography of America's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. El 8 de agosto de 2009, Sonia Sotomayor se convirtio en la primera jueza hispana de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos y en la tercera mujer al servicio de la Corte. En versos libres elegantes, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand describe la trayectoria extraordinaria de Sonia Sotomayor desde su juventud en los proyectos cercanos al Yankee Stadium y sus logros academicos estelares en las universidades de la Ivy League hasta su rapido ascenso en la profesion de abogada. Cuando la confirmaron como jueza federal para el distrito sur de Nueva York, dijo: "Siento que puedo tocar el cielo". Determinacion, inteligencia aguda, pasion por la familia y la comunidad, lealtad y su dedicacion a la justicia y la imparcialidad caracterizan a esta mujer extraordinaria y trabajadora; una mujer que una vez dijo: "Nunca me he considerado pobre porque he sido rica en las cosas mas importantes de la vida: el amor, el carino y el apoyo de mi familia, de mis amigos y a veces hasta de extranos".