Powwow Summer
By: Nahanni Shingoose
3.52
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Part Ojibwe and part white, River lives with her white mother and stepfather on a farm in Ontario. …
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1. The Marrow Thieves
By: Cherie Dimaline
3.97
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dre… read more
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- young adult
- canada
"When we heal our land, we are healed also."-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"I did have the longest hair of any of the boys... I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew t…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"We go to the schools and they leach the dreams from where our ancestors hid them, in the honeycombs of slushy marrow buried in our bones. And us? Well, we join our ancestors, hoping we left enough dr…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"And I understood that as long as there are dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream. And I understood just what we would do for each other, just what we would do for the ebb and pull of th…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
2. The Night Wanderer
By: Drew Hayden Taylor
3.22
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Nothing ever happens on the Otter Lake reservation. But when 16-year-old Tiffany discovers her fath… read more
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3. Melissa
By: Alex Gino
4.10
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she… read more
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- young adult
"Girl problems?"-Alex Gino, Melissa
"My dad’s cleaning!"-Alex Gino, Melissa
"Some of us take death very seriously."-Alex Gino, Melissa
"I still don’t see why I can’t just take the next bus,"-Alex Gino, Melissa
4. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
By: Souvankham Thammavongsa
3.85
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780316422130. In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's d… read more
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- canada
"Whether or not you understood the oath you made, you had to move your lips."-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
"The only love Red knew was that simple, uncomplicated, lonely love one feels for oneself in the quiet moments of the day. It was there, steady and solid in the laughter and talk of the television and…"-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
"At church, she told us they ate one cracker and took one swallow of red wine and the rest of the time there was a man talking. She did not know exactly what he said, but he said it for a long time. S…"-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
5. Borders
By: Thomas King
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselli… read more
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- young adult
- canada
- indigenous
6. Warrior Girl Unearthed
By: Angeline Boulley
4.34
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more
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- young adult
- indigenous
"Some friendships can endure anything."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
7. Rez Ball
By: Byron Graves
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more
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- young adult
- indigenous
8. Internment
By: Samira Ahmed
3.87
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old … read more
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- young adult
"I wonder if all moms do this—try to make the terrifying seem mundane."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"In the quiet of the night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"When you appease a man's conscience, you can take his freedom and he will thank you for it."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"It's not about danger. It's about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
9. Finding My Voice
By: Marie G. Lee
3.67
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school. But the … read more
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- young adult
10. The Circle
By: Katherena Vermette
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more
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- canada
- indigenous
11. Where Sleeping Girls Lie
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.05
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more
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- young adult
12. Hunting by Stars
By: Cherie Dimaline
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A new story about hope and survival. Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions … read more
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- young adult
- canada
- indigenous
13. Something More
By: Jackie Khalilieh
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more
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- young adult
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More
"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More
14. The Lost Girl
By: Anne Ursu
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her… read more
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15. Dead Girls Walking
By: Sami Ellis
3.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at t… read more
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- young adult
"Too bad you're getting sacrificed with your hoe ass."-Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking
16. When It All Syncs Up
By: Maya Ameyaw
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dan… read more
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- young adult
17. Four Eids and a Funeral
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
3.71
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more
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- young adult
18. The Heartbreak Bakery
By: A.R. Capetta
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post… read more
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- young adult
"They hand me one lemon, then another, and all I can think when their fingertips leave is that we're mixing ourselves together. That's what happens when skin presses skin. We think of ourselves as sol…"-A.R. Capetta, The Heartbreak Bakery
"But it does seem like I’m always the one who has to speak up and tell everyone how I’m different. I have to find a way to help them understand me, even though I don’t really understand them either. H…"-A.R. Capetta, The Heartbreak Bakery
19. Powwow Summer
By: Nahanni Shingoose
3.52
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Part Ojibwe and part white, River lives with her white mother and stepfather on a farm in Ontario. … read more
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- young adult
- canada
- indigenous
20. Hopeless in Hope
By: Wanda John-Kehewin
4.28
Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition
We live in a hopeless old house on an almost-deserted dead-end street in a middle-of-nowhere town n… read more
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- young adult
- canada
- indigenous
21. Indiginerds
By: Alina Pete
3.97
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
First Nations culture is living, vibrant, and evolving, and generations of Indigenous kids have gro… read more
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- young adult
- indigenous
