Check out these great titles perfect for Native American Heritage Month that range from romcoms, to fantasy, to exciting thrillers! All these amazing novels can be found in the LSF Brookfield collection, along with other SWAN Libraries.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
A Snake Falls on Earth by Darcie Little Badger
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart
A snake falls to Earth | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.
Firekeeper's daughter | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
Looking for Smoke by K. A Cobell
When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway is found murdered. Despite deep mistrust, the four remaining must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer.
Looking for Smoke | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jenny Ferguson
Berlin is driven to succeed, Cameron is weighed down by Kiki’s disappearance, and Jessie is searching for an outlet beyond the labels people give her, all of them colliding at their weekend jobs at Pink Mountain Pizza. When things take an unexpected turn, the three teens must face their hurt and realize they can’t hold everything together alone.
Those Pink Mountain nights | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
Tre pours everything into basketball on the Red Lake Reservation team, hoping to honor his late brother Jaxon and chase his long-shot dream of making it to the NBA. But stepping into Jaxon’s shoes means he can’t slip, on the court, at school, or with Khiana, and taking his team to state feels like the only way to keep their story alive.
Rez ball | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs
During a morning run, Avery discovers a strange forest pond that unleashes a hungry, shape-shifting darkness on Crook’s Falls, leaving her terrified and doubting her sanity as people begin to vanish. To save her missing best friend Key, she must finally turn to the Kanien'kéha:ka (Mohawk) stories she once ignored, even if doing so means risking everything.
The unfinished | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
Saints of the Household by Ari Tison
When brothers Max and Jay help a classmate in trouble, they struggle with the consequences of their violent actions and worry they may be more like their abusive father than they thought, so the brothers turn to their Bribri roots to find their way forward.
Saints of the household | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L Rogers
Haunting illustrations are woven throughout these horror stories that follow one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period.
Man made monsters | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library
Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
After dumping her boyfriend for mocking Native people, Lou focuses on senior year and reporting on the fierce backlash against the school’s inclusive musical casting, which puts her little brother and classmates under fire. As the controversy grows and her feelings for Joey deepen, she must decide whether guarding her heart will mean pushing him away.