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• And Then She Fell

  a Novel

  Elliott, Alicia,

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  On the surface, Alice is exactly where she should be in life: she's just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Dawn; her ever-charming husband Steve is nothing but supportive; and they've just moved into a new home in a wealthy neighborhood in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Berry Pickers

  a Novel

  Peters, Amanda,

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  A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Chief

  Hickey, Jon, 1981-

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  Mitch Caddo, a young law school graduate and aspiring political fixer, is an outsider in the homeland of his Anishinaabe ancestors. Alongside his childhood friend, Tribal President Mack Beck, he runs the government of the Passage Rouge Nation, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bone Picker

  Native Stories, Alternate Histories

  Mihesuah, Devon A., 1957-

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  The frightening bone picker is just one of many entities, scary and mysterious, who lurk behind every page of this spine-tingling blend of fiction and Choctaw tribal lore.

• A Council of Dolls

  a Novel

  Power, Susan, 1961-

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  Hitting on family dynamics and systemic mistreatment from the U.S. government, the story begins in 1960s Chicago and works backward to the 1880s at a Pennsylvania Indian boarding school. A family story of survival. Mona Susan Power is an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fire Exit

  a Novel

  Talty, Morgan, 1991-

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  From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. Increasingly haunted by his past, forced to confront a lost childhood, a love affair cut short, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Grandmother Begins the Story

  Porter, Michelle, 1975-

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  A debut novel, this is the story of the unrivaled desire for healing and the power of familial bonds across five generations of Métis women and the land and bison that surround them. Michelle Porter is a Métis writer of nonfiction and poetry from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Was a Teenage Slasher

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  A small west Texas town, where everyone knows everyone else's business. Tolly Driver is a good kid with potential but is about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Find yourself rooting for a killer in this summer teen movie of a novel gone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Is a War Song

  Nava, Danica,

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  Pop singer Avery Fox has become a national joke after posing scantily clad on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather war bonnet. What was meant to be a statement of her success as a Native American singer has turned her into a social pariah and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mighty Red

  a Novel

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  A story of love, natural forces and the tragic impact of big business. Louise Erdrich is a best-selling contemporary author from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.

• Old School Indian

  a Novel

  Curtis, Aaron John,

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  At just 18 years old, Abe left the reservation where he was raised and never looked back. He met the love of his life, started writing poetry, and began an open marriage. Now at 43, Abe is suffering from a rare disease: one his doctors in Miami…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Seed Keeper

  a Novel

  Wilson, Diane, 1954-

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  A haunting novel spanning several generations, the story follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most. Diane Wilson writes widely across genres and audiences. She is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Song Over Miskwaa Rapids

  a Novel

  Grover, Linda LeGarde,

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  Margie Robineau, fighting for her family's long-held allotment land, uncovers events connected to a long-ago escape plan, and the burial of not one crime but two. While Margie pieces the facts together, Dale Ann is confronted by her own tightly held…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stealing

  a Novel

  Verble, Margaret,

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  Since her mother's death, Kit Crockett has lived alone with her grief-stricken father, spending lonely days far out in the country tending the garden, fishing in a local stream, and reading Nancy Drew mysteries from the library bookmobile. One day…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• VenCo

  a Novel

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  An incredibly inventive, highly anticipated second adult novel with witches, magic, and a road trip through America. Cheri Dimaline is a well-known author for many ages, and part of the Georgian Bay Métis Nation of Ontario.

• Wandering Stars

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in companion novel “There There.” Tommy Orange, a finalist for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where They Last Saw Her

  a Novel

  Rendon, Marcie R.,

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  A harrowing novel of a Native American woman who learns of the disappearance of one of her own and decides enough is enough: all they heard was her scream. Marcie Rendon is a playwright, poet, community arts activist and mystery novelist from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation