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A Papago Indian girl and her grandmother go for a walk and observe plants and animals of the Arizona desert.

Tired of the strict rules and annoying children at her father and stepmother's house, twelve-year-old Tess walks across Tucson to her mother's condo, stopping for the night at a state park where she is adopted by a very special cat.

Describes the Hopi way of life, including their villages, families, farms, and reaction to the white settlers.

Discusses the origin of the Miranda rights, and provides opposing viewpoints on the legislation's legality, appropriateness, use by crime fighters, and other related issues.

After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.

Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Unable to complete his warrior training, hounded by an Apache outlaw, and uneasy with the attempts of the "white-eyes" to educate him, Solito, a teenage Chiricahua Apache brave, tries to find his own place in a changing world.

Examines the trial "Miranda v. Arizona," discussing Ernesto Miranda's crime, the state appeal, and the Supreme Court decision, which resulted in the creation of the Miranda Warning.

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, with her brother Alan, describes her experiences growing up on a cattle ranch in Arizona, and explains how the land, people, and values shaped her life and opinions.

Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and survive the desert's merciless heat.