Flight
Flight A Story of a troubled foster teenager — a boy who is not a “legal” Indian because he was never claimed by his father — who learns the true meaning of terror By: Sherman Alexie Published: April 17, 2007 Grade 08 and High School
Student Literature
Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun
Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun Rooted in the ancient legends of Alaska’s Athabaskan Indians, it tells the stories of two adventurers who decide to leave the safety of their respective tribes By: Velma Wallis Published: September 12, 1997 Grade 06 and Middle School
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Wolf Mark
Wolf Mark Luke King, whose father is a black-ops infiltrator, uses the skills his father taught him to save his kidnapped father and his friends By: Joseph Bruchac Published: September 15, 2011 Middle School
The Lesser Blessed
The Lesser Blessed An eye-opening depiction of what it is to be a young Dogrib man in the age of AIDS, disillusionment with Catholicism, and a growing world consciousness By: Richard Van Camp Published: October 8, 2016 High School
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If I Ever Get Out of Here
If I Ever Get Out of Here The joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975 By: Eric Gansworth Published: April 28, 2015 Middle School
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief One of America’s best-loved novels about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times By: Markus Zusak Published: September 11, 2007 High School
The Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior A classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities—immigrant, female, Chinese, American By: Maxine Hong Kingston Published: January 1, 1976 High School
Drown: Short Stories
Drown: Short Stories A family’s precarious journey from the barrios of Santo Domingo to the tenements of industrial New Jersey By: Junot Diaz Published: January 1, 1996 High School
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A Radiant Curve
A Radiant Curve A collection of stories and verse, Tapahonso finds sacredness in everyday life By: Luci Tapahonso Published: October 17, 2008 High School
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North American
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North American King offers a unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian–White relations in North America since initial contact By: Thomas King Published: September 5, 2013 High School
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