Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
A Snake Falls to Earth is a stunning, award-winning blend of magical realism, friendship, and environmental activism. Even if you aren’t typically a fantasy reader, this masterfully written coming-of-age story—steeped in traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structures—will capture your heart.
The Barren Grounds is a powerful, Narnia-inspired portal fantasy centering two Indigenous foster children on an epic quest to save a dying land. A perfectly balanced atmospheric tension with brilliant character humor.
Eric Gansworth shatters and reclaims a painful slur in Apple (Skin to the Core), a heartbreaking memoir-in-verse. Chronologically tracking his youth on the Tuscarora Nation Reservation, Gansworth confronts the dark history of government boarding schools alongside the struggles of poverty and identity.
Bring crucial social justice conversations to the forefront with Brianna Jonnie’s five-star graphic novel, If I Go Missing. Combining spare, devastating text with striking black-and-white artwork by Neal Shannacappo, this high school title challenges systemic biases in policing and media coverage regarding missing Indigenous youth.
A visually stunning call to environmental action!Immerses readers in the Peruvian Amazon through the eyes of a young Asháninka girl. Printed on textured banana-bark paper and rich with educational backmatter which includes an Asháninka translation is a perfect book to introduce ecosystem interdependence, indigenous history, and empowering children to become active environmental stewards.