Medium: Book

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  Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai’i

  Sara Kehaulani Goo was enchanted by her family’s land in Hawaii. The vast area on the rugged shores of Maui’s east side—given by King Kamehameha III to her family in 1848. When a property tax bill arrives with a 500 percent increase, Sara and her family members are forced to decide whether to fight for…

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  At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom

  At Last She Stood describes World War II in the Philippines, Joey’s spying, Louisiana, immigration, a person with leprosy, racism, and a peacemaker.

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  Malcolm Lives! The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers

  A comprehensive biography that covers the trauma of his early childhood through his criminal career, and prison time, then his later conversion to Islam and civil rights work. The biography continues through his assassination and continuing legacy.

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  Human Rights

  “All people deserve to be respected and valued. Regardless of where we were born, how much we have, what we believe or think, or our age or the color of our skin–all lives are important and we deserve to live them with satisfaction, justice, safety, and freedom. There are many different kinds of human rights…

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  I Am My Name: A Girl’s Journey to Finding Her Cree Family

  A very young girl was removed from her home during Canada’s Sixties Scoop, which tore children from their Indigenous communities. She woke in a new home, with a new family and a new name. How is she going to find her way home?

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  My Language Rights: A Child’s Right to Their Language

  Children explore how our words carry our memories, heritage, and cultural identity. This timely picture book presents a child-friendly manifesto for linguistic rights, celebrating the fundamental freedom to speak and learn in our mother tongues.

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  Stronger Than

  A Black Choctaw boy who finds strength in the example and history of his ancestors. Dante finds out hard truths—but also a love that shines through generations.

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  Indiginerds

  Featuring an all-Indigenous creative team, Indiginerds is a graphic novel anthology of 11 stories about young adult indigenous people balancing traditional practice with modern pop culture. A collection of tales from modern indigenous life.

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  Blue Stars, Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem

  In this graphic novel, cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma, Outgoing Riley misses her Muscogee cousins, and introvert Maya misses her parents, on active duty in Japan. Can they find a way to work together to fix a problem at their school?

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  We Are Still Here!

  Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Indigenous American people’s life. Cherokee author Traci Sorell has a Native rights advocacy background, and is active in both her tribal community as well as the broader Native American community.

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  Chuseok: A Good Harvest Festival

  Children observe a Korean family celebrate the holiday with offerings, songpyeon rice cakes, games, etc.

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  When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): A Cherokee Tribal Feast

  A contemporary story about preparing for a Cherokee community feast.