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• Looking for Smoke

  Cobell, K. A.,

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  "When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sisters in the Wind

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Lucy Smith is on the edge of eighteen and on the run. The lam is a much better place to be than the Michigan foster system; after seven years, she's a big believer in "better the devil you don't." When sharp and kind-eyed Mr. Jameson tracks her…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

• Rez Ball

  Graves, Byron,

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  "These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team--even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saints of the Household

  Tison, Ari,

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  When brothers Max and Jay help a classmate in trouble, they struggle with the consequences of their violent actions and worry they may be more like their abusive father than they thought, so the brothers turn to their Bribri roots to find their way…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

• Hearts Unbroken

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich,

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  "When Louise Wolfe's first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. It's her senior year, anyway, and she'd rather spend her time with her family and friends and working on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Those Pink Mountain Nights

  Ferguson, Jenny, 1985-

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  Over-achievement isn't a bad word--for Berlin, it's the goal. She's securing excellent grades, planning her future, and working a part-time job at Pink Mountain Pizza, a legendary local business. Who says she needs a best friend by her side?…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

• Apple

  Skin to the Core : a Memoir in Words and Pictures

  Gansworth, Eric, 1965-

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  "The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths. Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, either in her hometown…Read moreRead more of this annotation