Young Adult Fiction for Native American Heritage MonthLike this list

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• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline

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  *Available in multiple formats* This mystery gives us a look in Ojibwe language and culture while still appealing to mystery lovers of all ages.

• A Snake Falls to Earth

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  *Available in multiple formats* This book weaves together mythology, magical realism and LGBT+ themes to create a story you wont be able to put down.

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  *Available in multiple formats* This book is consistently on banned book lists. The main character is torn between his life on "the Rez" and his new life at a "white kids" school.

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  *Available in multiple formats* In a world filled with people who can't dream and go mad, what will you do to save yourself and the ones you love?

• Code Talker

  a Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

  Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

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  *Available in multiple formats* The Navajo people have to deal with discrimination and abuse as a part of everyday life. When World War Two breaks out they step up and help the country that has only caused them pain.

• Give Me Some Truth

  a Novel With Paintings

  Gansworth, Eric, 1965-

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  *Available in multiple formats* A slow burn with characters you become invested in. Will Carson be able to form a band and win battle of the bands? Will Maggie be able to make her dreams of making conceptual artwork come true?

• The Night Wanderer

  A Native Gothic Novel

  Taylor, Drew Hayden

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  A coming of age story with a indigenous twist on a vampire story.

• My Good Man

  Gansworth, Eric, 1965-

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  *Available in multiple formats* A rich, prospective historical fiction. This book gives us a complex look into indigenous life outside a reservation and how family can pull us back home.

• Hearts Unbroken

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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  *Available in multiple formats* Louise Wolfe breaks up with her boyfriend after he make racist remarks about her Native American heritage in this thoughtful award-winner!