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Kukum by Michel Jean
18 ratings«C'est un de ces soirs où je trayais les vaches dans la lumière du soleil couchant que je l'ai vu pour la première fois. Un canot est apparu, descendant en silence la rivière. Un homme torse nu, à la peau cuivrée, ramait sans se presser, se laissant pousser par le courant. Il paraissait à peine plus âgé que moi. Nos regards se sont croisés. Il n'a pas souri. Et je n'ai pas eu peur... -
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles
14 ratingsA lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to black and brown children reminding them how much they matter, that they have always mattered, and they always will, from powerhouse rising star author Tami Charles and esteemed, award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier... -
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
10 ratingsWhether you have two mums, two dads, one parent, or one of each, there's one thing that makes a family a family... and that's love. A book for EVERY family by dazzling illustrator Sophie Beer... -
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
18 ratingsAs everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes. . . -
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Lobsters, Bisques, and Berries by Olivia Gaines
6 ratingsLakota Simjak is nothing like he looks. A laid-back kind of fella that takes life as it comes, while enjoying the simple beauty of the day to days. However, the lonely nights and eternal mornings tells him it’s time for a change. He wants a wife.Melody Willis’ trophy case displays thirty years of being in the music business and performances all over the world. Yet, she goes to bed alone... -
Beyond the Great River by Zoe Saadia
8 ratingsThey felt she was too spirited, too forward, too boyish, not as feminine and as graceful as a young woman should be. Their frowns followed her like a cloud, but she didn't care. Other girls may have worked happily, danced beautifully, or sewn themselves pretty dresses, but they could not climb or run or swim as well as she did, the silly, giggly, empty-headed creatures that they were...Categorized as:
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Hanta Yo: An American Saga by Ruth Beebe Hill
10 ratingsA multigenerational saga that depicts the lives of two families of Teton Sioux from the late 1700s to the 1830s, before the arrival of the white man...Categorized as:
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People of the Nightland by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
12 ratingsIt has been a thousand years since Wolf Dreamer lead his people up through the dark hole in the ice to a rich, untouched continent bursting with game. But the world has changed. Most of the magnificent animals are gone, and the last of the great glaciers is melting, forming a huge freshwater lake in the middle of the world. Over the centuries the People of the Wolf have split into two clans... -
Boy Made of Dawn by R. Allen Chappell
14 ratingsFollow Charlie Yazzi and Thomas Begay as stolen children and a sniper assassin bring danger and intrigue to the nation's largest reservation. Old and new characters emerge to unravel ongoing corruption. An irascible Ute family and their shrewd ranch-woman neighbor become caught up in the plot to place certain tribal leaders above the law... -
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
18 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son. Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as big Thunder, but little thunder doesn't want to share a name... -
Mama Says: A Book of Love for Mothers and Sons by Rob D. Walker
6 ratingsTwo-time Caldecott Medalist Leo and Diane Dillon bring to life words of wisdom about living life with compassion and courage written by Author and Actor Rob D. Walker. This is a must have for every family. Gentle, powerful lessons spoken to child, delivered with a mother's immutable love. Stunning illustration will leave readers breathless and deeply moved... -
Mestaclocan by R. Lawson Gamble
6 ratingsWhen old friend Marty O'Bannon, a San Francisco Homicide Detective, calls FBI Agent Zack Tolliver early one morning with news of a third murder victim, her throat ravaged as if by an animal, Zack agrees to assist him with the investigation.But Zack's responsibilities at the Navajo Indian Reservation prevent him from leaving so he sends his friend Eagle Feather, a local hunting guide, in his stead... -
Shakkai: Woman of the Sacred Garden by Lynn V. Andrews
6 ratingsIn the newest book in the highly successful Sisters of the Shield series, Lynn Andrews discovers the secrets of Japan's sacred gardens and offers this knowledge to all women who seek the sacred within themselves. Shakkai leads the way to understanding the essential balance of mind and heart... -
Across the Great Sparkling Water (The Peacemaker Series) by Zoe Saadia
6 ratingsTo live in captivity, adopted by the enemies of her people, or to break the law and tradition by running away? That question did not occur to Onheda until after she fled Little Falls on the spur of the moment, against any better judgment. If she was to die in the woods, making her way back to her people, accused, even by them, of breaking the ancient custom, it was still the better choice... -
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Reckless Desire by Madeline Baker
6 ratingsUnable to resist his love for a beautiful woman despite her betrothal to a man who is ashamed of her Native American heritage, Cloud Walker seeks to make Mary his own with a scandalous passion that enrages her proud Cheyenne warrior father. Original... -
Savage Vision by Cassie Edwards
6 ratingsA New York Times Bestseller From her first sight of the shadowy ship with its tattered sails, Scarlet sensed it meant trouble. And when its lunatic captain forced her aboard, her despair knew no bounds. She could hardly believe her eyes when the stunningly handsome Indian she'd met just once appeared to save her... -
Mail Order Bride: An Indian Bride by Leah Laurens
6 ratingsFitting in is never easy... especially when you’re an Indian mail order bride.Bíawacheeitchish—Bia to her friends—has just left the only home she's ever known.Her brothers want her to marry Askook, an Indian man from an enemy tribe whom she does not love.Bia is supposed to be the prize that will bring peace to their tribes.She knows Askook is dangerous but her brothers won't listen...Categorized as:
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Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
6 ratingsThousand Star Hotel confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.From “with thanks to Sahra Nguyen for the refugee style slogan”:They give the kids candy to bet.My daughter loses the first four rounds,she’s a quiet wire as they take her candy away, piece by piece.When she finally wins, I ask if she wants to play again...Categorized as:
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The Breaking News by Sarah Lynne Reul
10 ratingsWhen devastating news rattles a young girl's community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted. At school, her teacher tells the class to look for the helpers—the good people working to make things better in big and small ways. She wants more than anything to help in a BIG way, but maybe she can start with one small act of kindness instead . . -
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color by Monique Fields
10 ratingsA young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself—honeysmoke.For multiracial children, and all children everywhere, this picture book offers a universal message that empowers young people to create their own self-identity...Categorized as:
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With the Indians in the Rockies by James Willard Schultz
6 ratingsTrapped in the Rocky Moutains in winter- will the boys survive? Thomas and his friend Pitamakan, a Blackfoot boy, live at Fort Benton on the western frontier. One day, having ventured into the mountains to trap beaver, Tom and Pitamakan are attacked by a band of Kootenay Indians, who spare their lives, but make off with everything they have...Categorized as:
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Savage Wonder by Cassie Edwards
6 ratingsFleeing from the madman who had killed her father in order to force her to marry him, Maddy seeks shelter in a hidden cave to escape a ravaging storm and meets fierce Sioux warrior Black Wolf--a man who soothes her fears and shows her ecstacy in his warmembrace... -
Savage Illusion by Cassie Edwards
6 ratingsGrowing up in a white man's world, Blackfoot Jolena Edmonds is haunted by visions of a handsome warrior that call her back to the world of her own people, and on a trip through the Montana Territory, she encounters Spotted Eagle. Original... -
Summer Storm by Catherine Hart
6 ratingsSummer Storm, a woman as tempestuous and unpredictable as a desert thunderstorm, matches wits with Windrider, the warrior chief who vows to tame her, even though she had given her heart to another. Original... -
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Letting Loose the Hounds by Brady Udall
8 ratingsHere are eleven big-hearted tales by an inspired storyteller at the beginning of his career. Set in the small towns of Utah and Arizona, most of these stories deal with letting loose - or wanting to - in all its forms. For the family hero in "Buckeye the Elder, " this means reverting to a more raucous past...Categorized as:
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Cry of the Curlew by Peter Watt
8 ratingsSquatter Donald Macintosh little realises what chain of events he is setting in motion when he orders the violent dispersal of the Nerambura tribe on his property, Glen View. Unwitting witnesses to the barbaric exercise are bullock teamsters Patrick Duffy and his son Tom...Categorized as:
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Bright Star by Yuyi Morales
12 ratingsYuyi Morales weaves the tale of a fawn making her way through a landscape that is dangerous, beautiful—and full of potential. A gentle voice urges her onward, to face her fears and challenge the obstacles that seek to hold her back. Child, you are awake! You are alive! You are a bright star, Inside our hearts... -
Ravensong by Lee Maracle
8 ratingsLee Maracle, author of the best-selling I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism, sets this novel in an urban Native American community on the Pacific Northwest coast in the early 1950s. Ravensong is by turns damning, humorous, inspirational, and prophetic...Categorized as:
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Bitch Creek by William G. Tapply
8 ratingsWilliam G. Tapply has created a fresh new world in BITCH CREEK, a steamy, perfectly crafted mystery introducing Stoney Calhoun, an unlikely hero. Stoney is a man without a past. A lightning strike obliterated his memory, and, as so many might like to do, he was given a chance to completely reinvent himself. That's not an easy task when a man doesn't know the slightest thing about himself... -
Sister to the Wolf by Maxine Trottier
6 ratingsQuebec, 1703. In this rough town, indien slaves are routinely mistreated. As Cecile Chesne watches the branding iron burn into young Lesharo's flesh, she knows she must act. Defying convention, the headstrong girl buys the slave's freedom and treats him as an equal. Lesharo is Pawnee--the People of the Wolf...Categorized as:
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The Old American by Ernest Hebert
6 ratingsA mix of popular genres from top-selling American authors. Readers will relish themes of love, glamour, politics, perseverance, resilience, innovation and the pioneer spirit from some of the best-loved writers of modern fiction, nonfiction and biography...Categorized as:
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Courting the West: A Boxed Set of Ten Western Romances by Debra Holland, Kirsten Osbourne
6 ratingsCourting the West 10 Western Novels Available as a boxed set for a limited time! NYT, USA Today and Bestselling authors bring you ten Western romance novels featuring sexy cowboys and sultry heroines. This boxed set is loaded with a variety of sweet to steamy romances designed to entice your senses and warm your heart... -
SCARS OF THE HEART by Joni Keever
6 ratingsScars of the Heart is a historical romance set on the turbulent western frontier in 1865 where hostilities rage between the native Indians and white settlers. Kade Roberts, the outlaw son of white father and Indian mother, plans to keep a low profile as he journeys to Texas to claim the ranch of his birthright... -
Midnight Sweatlodge by Waubgeshig Rice
6 ratingsMidnight Sweatlodge tells the tale of family members, friends and strangers who gather together to partake in this ancient healing ceremony. Each person seeks wisdom and insight to overcome their pain and hardship. Through their stories we get glimpses into their lives that are both tearful and true... -
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An Undisturbed Peace by Mary Glickman
12 ratingsA Jewish immigrant, a Cherokee woman, and a black slave find love, friendship, and redemption in the midst of the tragedy of the Trail of Tears Abrahan Bento Sassaporta Naggar has traveled to America from the filthy, Jew-hating streets of East London in search of a better life... -
The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
8 ratingsWhen vibrant, bright, and fiercely independent Lana Landing takes her own life, her sister Jean follows her instincts to flee to America and escape the pending state of emergency of her Jamaican home in 1981. A first novel. Reprint...Categorized as:
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Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience by Chandra Prasad, Rebecca Walker
6 ratingsThough multiracialism has recently become a popular aspect of many memoirs and novels, "Mixed" is the first of its kind: a fiction anthology with racial overlap as its compass. With original pieces by both established and emerging writers, "Mixed" explores the complexities of identity that come with being a multiracial person...Categorized as:
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Love's Legacy by Madeline Baker, Mary Balogh
6 ratingsEleven of the world's most popular romance authors celebrate the love of learning and the learning of love. Authors include Madeline Baker, Mary Balough, Elaine Barbieri, Lori Copeland, Cassie Edwards, Heather Graham, Catherine Hart, Virginia Henley, Penelope Neri, Diana Palmer, and Janelle Taylor. Original... -
At Road's End by Zoe Saadia
6 ratingsTecpatl was born a warrior, one of the elite class of fighters, defending his great city, capturing vanquished foes to sacrifice for the honor of the gods. He never wished to follow the ancient road into the Southwestern desert; but he had no choice. When he rescues a girl from a ransacked village, he thinks nothing of it...Categorized as:
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Mecca by Susan Straight
14 ratingsFrom the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, Mecca is a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and landJohnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state’s Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California’s forgotten towns and canyons in his soul... -
Wolf's Brother by Megan Lindholm
12 ratingsThe magic is strong in Kerlew. Every day it grows, reaching out to the Wolf spirit that will be his guide. But the magic in Kerlew that calls to the beasts and to the spirit world also calls to Carp, the evil old shaman, who follows Kerlew and his mother, Tillu, across the frozen wastes... -
Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories by May-lee Chai
10 ratingsIn the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone calls. It is the lively and wise juxtaposition of cultures, generations, and emotions that characterize May-lee Chai's amazing stories...Categorized as:
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Calling Crow by Paul Clayton
6 ratings1555. Calling Crow is haunted by his recurring dream of the Destroyer who will one day lay waste to his village. Then Spanish colonial slavers from the island of Hispaniola arrive on the shores of the Southeast, lands that have been home to the Muskogee people for generations. Calling Crow and another brave are taken and bound into slavery...Categorized as:
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Aztec Fire by Gary Jennings
6 ratingsThe Aztec uprising in 1810 left young Juan Martez orphaned in a savage land. Like many native Aztecs, Juan was sentenced to hang by the Spanish. But his life is spared when a Spanish gunmaker learns of his skills with gunpowder and buys him to make munitions. Keeping his Aztec heritage low key, Juan becomes the finest gunmaker in the colony--and the best shot...Categorized as:
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