Melanie Florence
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Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
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When John stumbles into an indigenous peoples dance class at the local community cultural center, he decides to become a dancer. He faces ridicule from his soccer teammates and hostility from the dancers at the cultural center. In order to dance at the Pow Wow, he has to learn to balance his responsibilities, confront his fears, and embrace both the Irish and Cree sides of his heritage.
5) Stolen words
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"This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks...
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Left behind by her longtime best friend Jazz, who's now hanging out with the cool crowd, twelve-year-old Lo Simpson enters middle school adrift until she discovers a new group of friends who share her interests in comics and "Doctor Who." Alongside new allies, she also finds her voice to speak out against inequalities and sexism both at school and among her peers.
8) Just Lucky
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There's nothing lucky about your family falling apart.
Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things … like turning off the stove, or Lucky's name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn't realize how bad things are. That is until he's gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can't hide what's happening any longer, and she is sent into...
9) The missing
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The police won't investigate the missing native girls-- so who will? Set in Winnipeg against the real-life background of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, this fictional thriller explores one teenager's response to a system that has long denied and misrepresented the problem.
10) One night
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"Luna Begay is studious and serious about her Aboriginal heritage. When her sister, Issy, convinces Luna to go with her to a party, Luna is surprised to end up talking with Jon, who is charming, sophisticated, and very good-looking. But the night turns bad when Jon drugs and rapes Luna"--Back cover.
11) Rez runaway
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"Raised on an Indian reserve, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief tries to be like the other guys. But Joe knows he's different--he's more interested in guys than girls. One night Joe makes a drunken pass at his best friend and, by the next morning, everyone on the rez is talking about Joe. His mother, a devout Christian, is horrified, and the kids who are supposed to be his friends make it clear there's no place for him on the rez. Joe thinks about...
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Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
No Child Left Inside
Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
No Child Left Inside
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"Benjamin loves the rain. He loves splashing in puddles and kicking the droplets. And most of all, he loves the sound of thunder because it reminds him of the drum his grandfather plays at powwow. There's nothing better than being outside in the rain, enjoying all the colors and sounds of the storm -- until the lightning comes. Benjamin doesn't like the lightning at all! But when he closes his eyes and listens to the sound of the thunder, he imagines...