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• The Love That Split the World

  Henry, Emily,

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  At the beginning of her last summer in Kentucky before leaving for college, Natalie is once again visited by the apparition she calls "Grandmother" and meets a new boy, Beau, who changes her life.

• Hearts Unbroken

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich,

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  Breaking up with her first real boyfriend when he makes racist remarks about her Native American heritage, high school senior Louise Wolfe teams up with a fellow school newspaper editor to cover a multicultural casting of the school play…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In this futuristic dystopian novel for teens, the Indigenous people of North America are on the run in a fight for survival.

• Ziggy, Stardust & Me

  Brandon, James (Young adult author),

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  Set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973, when homosexuality is still considered a mental illness, two boys defy all the odds and fall in love.

• Flight

  Waller, Jae,

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  When the air spirit Suriel, long thought dormant, resurrects a war, teen warrior Kateiko fights to protect the tribes of her confederacy, while Tiernan, an immigrant with a mysterious past, is reluctant to return to the military life he's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Runners

  Reilly, Matthew,

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  When Skye Rogers and her twin brother, Red, move to Manhattan, rumors of a coming global apocalypse are building. But the ultra-wealthy young elites at their prestigious school keep partying like there's no tomorrow--while the city around…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fire Song

  Jones, Adam Garnet,

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  Fire Song tells about the struggles of two Indigenous gay teenagers trying to find their place in the world.

• Give Me Some Truth

  a Novel With Paintings

  Gansworth, Eric L,

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  In 1980 life is hard on the Tuscarora Reservation in upstate New York, and most of the teenagers feel like they are going nowhere: Carson Mastick dreams of forming a rock band, and Maggi Bokoni longs to create her own conceptual artwork…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Name

  Tingle, Tim,

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  When his mother leaves, sixteen-year-old Bobby, a Choctaw, begins living in a hole in his backyard to avoid his abusive father, and is surprised to find friends and neighbors willing to help him. Inspired by the traditional Choctaw story.

• The Smell of Other People's Houses

  Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue

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  Intertwined stories of love, tragedy, wild luck and salvation on Alaska's wild frontier in the 1970s follows the experiences of four very different teens whose lives become entangled and who try to save each other, sometimes succeeding…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Strangers

  Robertson, David Alexander

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  This noir-ish supernatural thriller series starter takes place in a Canadian First Nations community. Cole Harper returns to his hometown after a 10-year absence, even though many still hold a grudge against him after a school fire. After…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Apple in the Middle

  Quigley, Dawn,

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  Apple in the Middle is a coming-of-age novel with an unexpected look at what happens when two cultures collide and our only tour guide is a quirky, offbeat outcast

• He Who Dreams

  Florence, Melanie,

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  In this high-interest novel for teen readers, a soccer star surprises everyone by signing up for Indigenous dance classes.

• Brothers of the Buffalo

  a Novel of the Red River War

  Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

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  In 1874, the U.S. Army sent troops to subdue and move the Native Americans of the southern plains to Indian reservations, and this chronicles the brief and brutal war that followed. Told from the viewpoint of two youths from opposite sides…Read moreRead more of this annotation