YA Native American Heritage Month Reads

Books found in the Young Adult collection that highlight the Native American experience. YA novels are made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers*
 

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1. Code talker: a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two

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Author:
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
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Middlecreek Community - Young Adult
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Description:
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become code talkers, sending messages in their native tongue during World War II.

2. Peacemaker

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Author:
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
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18 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Athens Drive Community - Young Adult has 2
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Cary Regional - Young Adult has 2
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Duraleigh Road - Young Adult
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Description:
"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy"--