Native Stories- Books for tweens and teens by and about Indigenous peoples

SLJ August 2019 by Kara Stewart and Dr. Debbie Reese

Middle School

I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day- 2019

I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer- 2016

Makoons by Louise Erdich- 2016

Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell- 2019

When a Ghost Talks, Listen by Tim Tingle- 2018

Young Adult

This Place: 15 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and others- 2019

Voices of Native America by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale- 2017

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline- 2017

Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth- 2018

Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley- 2018

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith- 2018

Fire Starters by Jen Storm- 2017

These wonderful titles will help readers understand Indigenous life and culture. They include historical and contemporary fiction as well as anthologies, graphic novels, and speculative science fiction.

~Enjoy!

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