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• We Still Belong

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  2024 Best Middle School Book WINNER! A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning author Christine Day (Upper Skagit), about a girl whose hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples’ Day (and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forever Cousins

  Goodluck, Laurel

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  2024 Best Picture Book Award WINNER! Author Laurel Goodluck is Mandan/Hidatsa/Tsimshian. In this Native American story, Kara and Amanda are best-friend cousins. Then Kara leaves the city to move back to the Rez. Will their friendship stay…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rez Ball

  Graves, Byron

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  2024 Best Young Adult Book WINNER! This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves (Lakota/Red Lake Ojibwe) tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Letter for Bob

  Rogers, Kim

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  2024 Best Picture Book WINNER! Author Kim Rogers is Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. With humor and heart, and brought to life by Jonathan Nelson’s warm, distinctive artwork, Kim Rogers’s A Letter for Bob celebrates the treasured cars that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Running With Changing Woman

  Martinez, Lorinda

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  Young Adult HONOR book. Author Lorinda Martinez is Lók’aa’ Dine’é (the Reed People Clan) born for Táchii’nii (Red Running into the Water Clan). The Tábąąhí (Water’s Edge Clan) are her maternal grandfathers and the Tódích’íí’nii…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remember

  Harjo, Joy

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  Picture book HONOR book. Author Joy Harjo is Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). In REMEMBER, acclaimed Indigenous creators Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade invite young readers to pause and reflect on family, nature,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  Young Adult HONOR book. Author Cherie Dimaline is a Métis writer from the Georgian Bay Métis Nation. After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warrior Girl Unearthed

  Boulley, Angeline

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  Young Adult HONOR book. Author Angeline Boulley is Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Set in the same community as Firekeeper’s Daughter, and featuring many of the same characters, Warrior Girl Unearthed is the story of an Ojibwe…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Berry Song

  Goade, Michaela

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  Picture book HONOR book. Author Michaela Goade is Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mascot

  Waters, Charles, 1973-

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  Middle School HONOR book. Co-author Traci Sorell is from the Cherokee Nation. What if a school’s mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade novel in verse, two best-selling BIPOC authors tackle this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maria Tallchief

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  Middle School HONOR book. Author Christine Day is Upper Skagit. Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wilma Mankiller

  Sorell, Traci

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  Middle School HONOR book. Author Traci Sorell is Cherokee Nation. Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deb Haaland

  Goodluck, Laurel

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  Middle School HONOR book. Author Laurel Goodluck is Mandan/Hidatsa/Tsimshian. . Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Contenders

  Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

  Sorell, Traci

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  Picture book HONOR book. Author Traci Sorell is Cherokee Nation. The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series. This picture book teaches…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snow Day

  Quigley, Dawn

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  Middle School HONOR book. Author Dawn Quigley is Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Oh, snow day, snow day, what a very fun no-school day! Jo Jo Makoons is back in the third book in this favorite chapter book series, and she’s planning the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fancy Pants

  Quigley, Dawn

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  Middle School HONOR book. Author Dawn Quigley is Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Filled with lots of glitter, raised pinkies, and humorous misunderstandings, this second book in the Jo Jo Makoons series—written by Dawn Quigley and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heroes of the Water Monster

  Young, Brian (Brian Lee)

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  Young Adult HONOR book. Author Brian Young is Navajo Nation. An unmissable companion to Healer of the Water Monster, which won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award, this novel by Navajo author Brian Young tells…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eagle Drums

  Hopson, Nasugraq Rainey

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  Middle School HONOR book. Author Nasugraq Rainey Hopson is Inupiaq. A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition. As his family prepares for winter, a young,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Celebration

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  Picture book HONOR book. Author Lily Hope is Tlingit. The book brings readers into the life of one particular child, who has already learned about Celebration and who greatly anticipates the event, wrote SHI President Rosita Worl in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Indian Youth Literature Award

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