Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
When two young boys disappear, one of them leaving a pool of blood behind, Lieutenant... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Mystery
- Cultural Area
- American Indian
Year Published 1973
Word Count 51,056
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 25853
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Southwestern States
- Mystery fiction
- Southwest, New--Fiction
- Navajo Indians--Fiction
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Police Procedural
- Indian reservation police--Fiction
- Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character)
- Indian reservation police
- Southwest, New
- Navajo Indians
- Chee, Jim (Fictitious character)--Fiction
- Police
- Southwestern States--Fiction
- Police--Southwestern States--Fiction
- Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character)--Fiction
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