Coyote Queen by Jessica Vitalis
Category: Young Readers
"Winningly intense." --Kirkus Reviews "A powerful novel of tremendous empathy and optimism." --Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist "Exquisitely written and painfully real." --Megan E. Freeman, award-winning author of Alone When a twelve-year-old decides that she mus ...Show more
When I Was Red Clay - A Journey of Identity, Healing, and Wonder by Jonathan T. Bailey
Category: Memoir & Biography
33rd Annual Reading the West Book Award Winner for Memoir, 2023 Foreword INDIES Award Silver Winner, LGBTQ+, and New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist for Memoir and LGBTQ "Readers will find hope and peace on these beautifully written pages."--LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) A young person's ...Show more
True West - Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America by Betsy Gaines Quammen
Category: Nonfiction
From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Gaines Quammen explores how myths shape our identities, heighten polarizations, and fracture our shared understanding of the world around us. As she investigates the origins and effects of myths of the American West, Gaines Quammen travels throug ...Show more
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
Category: Young Adult
This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be. These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team--even thoug ...Show more
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Hokeah Oscar
Category: Debut Fiction
Winner of the PEN America/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * Finalist for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize * Finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize/Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction "A profound reflection on the intergenerational nature of cultural trauma... Hokeah's characters exist at the int ...Show more