6 Top native american books like Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1) by Dawn Quigley

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Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

By: Dawn Quigley

3.95

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Hello/Boozhoo—meet Jo Jo Makoons, a spunky young Ojibwe girl who loves who she is. Jo Jo Makoons…

If you liked the native american plot in Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1) by Dawn Quigley , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The First Rule of Punk

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From debut author and longtime zine-maker Celia C. Perez, The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heart… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's The First Rule of Punk book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I like to think of us as more like patchwork quilts... Some pieces are prettier than others. Some pieces match and some don't. But if you remove a square, you're just left with an incomplete quilt, a…"

-Celia C. Pérez, The First Rule of Punk

2. Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen

By: Elizabet Vukovic , Debbi Michiko Florence

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Grace Kendall at Farrar, Straus and Giroux has preempted a chapter book series by Debbi Michiko Flo… read more

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3. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Orris and Timble: The Beginning book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. Rez Dogs

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Bruchac's Rez Dogs book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."

-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

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7. Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A collection of intersecting stories set at a powwow that bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the st… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Leitich Smith's Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
"Returning the phone, she said, “You’re an artist."

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

"Four kids in T-shirts and jeans jam on a powwow stage. They’re grinning, bouncing, fully engaged with their music, each other, and the relaxed crowd. I’m splitting fry bread with a cousin as we cheer…"

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

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8. Duel

By: Jessixa Bagley

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rivalry between sisters culminates in a fencing duel in this funny and emotional debut graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Jessixa Bagley's Duel book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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9. Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine (Aven Green, #1)

By: Dusti Bowling

3.93

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month—cracking such cases as The Mys… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine (Aven Green, #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. Healer of the Water Monster

By: Brian Young

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, h… read more

Similar categories in Brian Young's Healer of the Water Monster book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • middle grade
  • native american
  • fiction
  • indigenous
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11. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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12. Stuntboy, in the Meantime (Stuntboy, #1)

By: Jason Reynolds

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you’ve never heard of, filled with illustra… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Stuntboy, in the Meantime (Stuntboy, #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
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14. We Still Belong

By: Christine Day

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning aut… read more

Similar categories in Christine Day's We Still Belong book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • indigenous
  • fiction
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15. My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.57

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering pictur… read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
Cover of Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1) by Dawn Quigley

16. Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

By: Dawn Quigley

3.95

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Hello/Boozhoo—meet Jo Jo Makoons, a spunky young Ojibwe girl who loves who she is. Jo Jo Makoons… read more

Similar categories in Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1) book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • school
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business (Mindy Kim, #1)

By: Lyla Lee

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fresh Off the Boat meets Junie B. Jones in this first novel in an adorable new chapter book series … read more

Similar categories in Lyla Lee's Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business (Mindy Kim, #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) by Christina Soontornvat

18. The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.18

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

From two-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle gra… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"There is no shortcut to becoming what you already are. Don't try to be powerful, be strong, be magical. You cannot be a Guardian-you cannot be anything -if you can't just be ."

-Christina Soontornvat, The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

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19. The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

By: Adam Rex

4.10

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex! This is… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Accidental Trouble Magnet (Planet Omar, #1) by Zanib Mian

20. Accidental Trouble Magnet (Planet Omar, #1)

By: Zanib Mian

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

*Previously published as 'THE MUSLIMS', this was the winner of the Little Rebels Award in June 2018… read more

Similar categories in Zanib Mian's Accidental Trouble Magnet (Planet Omar, #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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21. Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, 1)

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Introducing eight-year-old Marisol Rainey! Marisol Rainey’s mother was born in the Philippines. … read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, 1) book and Dawn Quigley's Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo, 1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile

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4.08

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4.37

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Nic Stone

3.98

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Lisa Yee

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