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• Sisters in the Wind

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  "Ever since Lucy Smith’s father died five years ago, “home” has been more of an idea than a place. She knows being on the run is better than anything waiting for her as a “ward of the state”. But when the sharp-eyed and kind Mr. Jameson with an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saints of the Household

  Tison, Ari,

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  "Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Others

  Isaacs, Cheryl,

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  "Only weeks ago, Avery pulled her best friend Key from ... deadly black water. The cycle from her family's Kanyen'kehâa ka (Mohawk) stories is finally broken, the black water is now a harmless lake, and her problems are far from supernatural. All…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harvest House

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich,

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  "Deftly leading readers to the literary crossroads of contemporary realism and haunting mystery, Cynthia Leitich Smith revisits the world of her American Indian Youth Literature Award winner Hearts Unbroken. Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warrior Girl Unearthed

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  "Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that was entirely not her fault, she's stuck working to pay back her Auntie Daunis for repairs to the Jeep. Thankfully she has the other outcasts of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Everlasting Road

  Kinew, Wab, 1981-

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  "Devastated by the loss of her beloved older brother to cancer, Bugz returns to the place where she can always find solace and strength: the Floraverse. Over the past year, she has gained back all that she had lost in that virtual world, and while…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Good Man

  Gansworth, Eric, 1965-

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  "When a mysterious assault lands the brother of his mother's late boyfriend in the hospital, Brian, a twenty-something Indigenous reporter, must pick up the threads of a life he's abandoned, returning to the Tuscarora reservation to discover the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall,

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  "Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  Ferguson, Jenny, 1985-

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  "Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with...her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago...But when she gets a letter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People

  Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938-

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  "Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Snake Falls to Earth

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  "Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  "Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask [Young Readers Edition]

  Treuer, Anton

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  "From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hearts Unbroken

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich,

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  "When Louise Wolfe's boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. She'd rather spend her senior year with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  "In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hunting by Stars

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  "Years ago much of the world stopped dreaming-- but the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. French lost his family to these schools and has spent years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Girl Called Echo. Vol. 1, Pemmican Wars

  Vermette, Katherena, 1977-

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  "Echo Desjardins, a 13-year-old Métis girl adjusting to a new home and school, is struggling with loneliness while separated from her mother. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary, and Echo's life will never be the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Surviving the City

  Spillett, Tasha, 1988-

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  "Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, resilience, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan's Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Walking in Two Worlds

  Kinew, Wab, 1981-

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  "An indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds both real and virtual in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  "Testing the strength of family bonds is never easy--and lies make it even harder. Daunis is trying to balance her two communities: The Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, teen is constantly adapting, whether she is with her Anishinaabe father's side of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation