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Indigenous Voices for Teens @ SCCLD

This book list features fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novel titles by and/or about Native American, American Indian, Indigenous, and First Nations authors and characters.

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16 items

  • Legendary Frybread Drive-in

    Intertribal Stories

    336 p. (Gr. 8+) Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter, love, Native pride, and the world's best…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — / FICTION LEGENDA
  • 258 p. (Gr. 9+) A year after her brother Ally's death was ruled suicide by overdose, Andy starts university without her "honorary twin," writing him letters as she strives to embrace her bisexuality and her Indigenous identity. When Andy discovers…
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON, Canada : DCB, an imprint of Cormorant Books, [2025] — / FICTION ANGECON MACKENZ
  • 368 p. (Gr. 9+) Ever since Lucy's father died five years ago, she's been on the run- anything is better than being a 'ward of the state.' When Mr. Jameson with an interest in her case comes looking for her, Lucy wonders if hiding from her past will…
    Book, 2025New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025. — / FICTION BOULLEY ANGELIN
  • 311 p. (Gr. 7+ ) 10,000 years ago in the northeast, the Abenaki - People of the Dawn Land - created a thriving community in social and ecological balance with nature and with each other. When a shadow is crossing over this place, Young Hunter is…
    Book, 2024Wheat Ridge, Colorado : Fulcrum Publishing, [2024]. — / FICTION BRUCHAC JOSEPH
  • 416 p. (Gr. 9+) Four teens on the Blackfeet Reservation find themselves the suspects of an investigation when a classmate is found murdered during the annual Indian Days celebrations.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — / FICTION COBELL K.
  • 306 p. (Gr. 10+) Five teenage travelers, left behind when their community of inhuman creatures mysteriously disappears, must uncover the truth about what happened while grappling with their own hidden secrets.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Wednesday Books, 2025. — / SF EDGMON H
  • 329 p. (Gr. 9+) Before that awful Saturday, Molly used to be inseparable from her brother Hank and his best friend Tray. The indoor climbing accident that left Hank with a traumatic brain injury filled Molly with anger. Determined to go on the…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — / FICTION FERGUSO JENNY
  • 318 p. (Gr. 9+) When small-town athlete Avery's morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople of Crook's Falls have long forgotten. Though Avery had heard whispers of monsters from her…
    Book, 2024New York : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. — / FICTION ISAACS CHERYL
  • 272 p. (Gr. 7+) In a competition where seven girls from different guilds vie for the throne, Bell Silverleaf, a reluctant fifteen-year-old contender with a hidden talent for deception, intends to win and overthrow the kingdom, but finds she is not…
    Book, 2024New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — / SF KWAYMUL AMBELIN
  • Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

    Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 1953-
    304 p. (Gr. 8+) Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrates how all living things provide us with gifts and lessons every day. Adapted for young adult readers. (Non-fiction)
    Book, 2022Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2022] — / 305.897 KIMMERE
  • Killing the Wittigo

    Indigenous Culture-based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing : a Book for Young Adults

    Methot, Suzanne, 1968-
    255 p. (Gr. 8+) The book foregrounds Indigenous resilience through song lyrics and as-told-to stories by young people who have started their own journeys of decolonization, healing, and change. These stories offer concrete examples of the ways in…
    Book, 2023Toronto : ECW Press, [2023] — / 362.1089 METHOT
  • 384 p. (Gr. 7+) It's the year 2052. Stevie Henry is a Cherokee girl working at a museum in Texas, trying to save up enough money to go to college. The world around her is in a cycle of drought and superstorms, ice and fire, but it's about to get a…
    Book, 2024Montclair : Levine Querido, 2024. — / SF ROGERS ANDREA
  • 62 p. (Gr. 9+) It's been a year since Reanna's sister, Chelsea, went missing on her way home from school, and no one knows what happened. Can Reanna find comfort through her family's Ojibwe traditions? She feels lonely, abandoned... but she is not…
    Book, 2024Winnipeg, Manitoba : HighWater Press, 2024. — / GN STORM
  • 313 p. (Gr. 8+) Ezra Cloud hates everything about living in Northeast Minneapolis. He hates being away from the rez at Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. Then Ezra gets framed for a crime he didn't commit, and his family sends him away with his…
    Book, 2024Montclair, New Jersey : Levine Querido, 2024. — / FICTION TREUER ANTON
  • 301 p. (Gr. 8+) For as long as Lawson can remember, his life in a small Northwest Territories town has revolved around "the Treaty" between the Dogrib and the Chipewyan, set down centuries ago to prevent the return of bloody warfare between the two…
    Book, 2024Madeira Park, BC : Douglas and McIntyre, [2024] — / FICTION VAN RICHARD
  • 232 p. (Gr. 8+) When sixteen-year-old Emma finds a mysterious boy in the woods, she unlocks memories of magical Hawaiian spirits and works with the legendary menehune to break his curse and protect the sacred forest on the Big Island.
    Book, 2025Philadelphia : RP Teens, 2025. — / SF VAN NIKKI