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Beast
Richard Van Camp
Lawson is a member of the Dogrib tribe, which feuds with the Chipewyan tribe. As a Yabati, his role is to protect the fragile peace treaty between the two groups. When one of his volatile peers, Silver, makes a deal with an ancient devil, the Dead One, it puts Silver’s younger brothers, Cody and Stanley, in danger of losing their souls.
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Libby
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Highlights how acknowledging and celebrating our reciprocal relationship with earth results in a wider, more complete understanding of our place and purpose.
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Find Her
Ginger Reno
Twelve-year-old Wren fights to find her missing Cherokee mother, while also navigating a chilling town mystery, a new friendship, and a family in need of healing.
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Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Cherie Dimaline
After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen who lives with her widowed father befriends a ghost in this young adult novel exploring grief and belonging.
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Indiginerds
Tales From Modern Indigenous Life
This is an anthology of short memoir comics about modern indigenous life, with some fiction or fictionalized memories mixed in.
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Legendary Frybread Drive-in
Intertribal Stories
Set at a classic drive-in restaurant that seems to exist in every Native community, this anthology unites the stories of teens from all kinds of backgrounds through the shared theme of Native joy, with stories and poems reflecting hope, healing, humor, love, friendship, romance, and joy.
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Little Moons
Jen Storm
Thirteen-year-old Reanna grieves the loss of her older sister. Can she find comfort through her family’s Ojibwe traditions? It’s been a year since Reanna’s sister, Chelsea, went missing on her way home from school. Without any idea of what happened, Reanna and her family struggle to find closure.
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Libby
Ours to Tell
Reclaiming Indigenous Stories
Eldon Yellowhorn
A wide-ranging anthology that shines a light on untold Indigenous stories as chronicled by Indigenous creators.
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The Rez Doctor
Gitz Crazyboy
Young Ryan Fox gets good grades, but he’s not sure what he wants to be when he grows up. It isn’t until he meets a Blackfoot doctor during a school assembly that he starts to dream big. However, becoming a doctor isn’t easy. University takes Ryan away from his family and the Siksikaitsitapi community, and without their support, he begins to struggle.
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Hoopla
Sisters in the Wind
Angeline Boulley
Ever since Lucy Smiths 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 interest in her case comes looking for her, Lucy wonders if hiding from her past will ever truly keep her safe.