Cynthia Leitich Smith

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1) Harvest House

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

2023

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NSK Neustadt Laureate and New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith delivers a thrilling cross-genre follow-up to the acclaimed Hearts Unbroken.
Deftly leading readers to the literary crossroads of contemporary realism and haunting mystery, Cynthia Leitich Smith revisits the world of her American Indian Youth Literature Award winner Hearts Unbroken. Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering

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2) Tantalize

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Series

Tantalize series volume 1

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Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her parents are dead, and her hybrid-werewolf first love is threatening to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. Then, as she and her uncle are about to unveil their hot vampire-themed restaurant,

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3) Hearts Unbroken

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

2018

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Reservation Dogs

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eBook, Kindle

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New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school — and first love.
When Louise Wolfe's first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. It's her senior year, anyway, and she'd rather spend her time with her family

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4) Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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"A groundbreaking Indigenous anthology for young people . . . A joyful invitation to celebrate the circle of ancestors together." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Edited by award–winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.
Native families from Nations across...

5) Jingle dancer

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

[2000]

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29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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Tink, tink, tink, tink, sang cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress. Jenna's heart beats to the brum, brum, brum, brum of the powwow drum as she daydreams about the clinking song of her grandma's jingle dancing. Jenna loves the tradition of jingle dancing that has been shared by generations of women in her family, and she hopes to dance at the next powwow. But she has a problem -- how will her dress sing if it has no jingles?

6) Rain Is Not My Indian Name

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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In a voice that resonates with insight and humor, New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith tells the story of a teenage girl who must face down her grief and reclaim her place in the world with the help of her intertribal community. It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff’s best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around Aunt Georgia’s...

7) Indian Shoes

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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The beloved chapter book by New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith about the love and adventures shared by a Cherokee-Seminole boy and his Grampa! A perfect pick for new readers. What do Indian shoes look like, anyway? Like beautiful, beaded moccasins... or high tops with bright orange shoelaces? Ray Halfmoon prefers high-tops, but he gladly trades them for a nice pair of moccasins for his grampa. After all, it's Grampa Halfmoon...

8) Sisters of the Neversea

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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In this beautifully reimagined story by NSK Neustadt Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek), Native American Lily and English Wendy embark on a high-flying journey of magic, adventure, and courage to a fairy-tale island known as Neverland... Lily and Wendy have been best friends since they became stepsisters. But with their feuding parents planning to spend the summer apart, what will become of their...

9) Indian shoes

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

2002

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66 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges.

10) Sisters of the Neversea

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

[2021]

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307 pages ; 22 cm

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In this magical, modern twist on Peter Pan, stepsisters Lily and Wendy are spirited away to Neverland by a mysterious boy and must find a way back to the family they love.

11) Rain is not my Indian name

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

2001

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135 p. ; 21 cm.

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Tired of staying in seclusion since the death of her best friend, a fourteen-year-old Native American girl takes on a photographic assignment with her local newspaper to cover events at the Native American summer youth camp.

12) Hearts unbroken

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

2018.

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286 pages ; 21 cm

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When Louise Wolfe's boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. She'd rather spend her senior year with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, an ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper's staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director's inclusive approach to casting The...

13) Harvest House

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Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Pub. Date

2023

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294 pages ; 22 cm

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"Deftly leading readers to the literary crossroads of contemporary realism and haunting mystery, Cynthia Leitich Smith revisits the world of her American Indian Youth Literature Award winner Hearts Unbroken. Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering at a new rural attraction: Harvest House. He's excited to take part in the fun, spooky show--until he learns that an actor playing the vengeful spirit of an "Indian maiden," a ghost inspired...

14) Ancestor approved: intertribal stories for kids

Pub. Date

2021.

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310 pages ; 22 cm.

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Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.

15) Blue stars : 1: the vice principal problem

Author

Magoon, Kekla

Series

Blue stars volume 1

Pub. Date

2024.

Physical Desc

171 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

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"When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma, they get off to a rocky start. Outgoing Riley misses her Muscogee cousins but is sure that she and Maya will be instant BFFs. Meanwhile, introvert Maya misses her parents, on active duty in Japan, and just wants some space to herself. At school, Maya joins Robotics Club and Riley bonds with fellow gymnasts. Just when they start to feel at home, their...

16) The hero next door

Pub. Date

[2019]

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251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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A collection of short stories by diverse authors that explores acts of bravery by heroes trying to make the world a better place.

17) Violent ends: a novel in seventeen points of view

Pub. Date

2015.

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338 pages ; 22 cm

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Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.

18) The Vice Principal Problem

Author

Magoon, Kekla

Series

The Blue Stars

Pub. Date

2024

Formats

eComic, Kindle

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Two everyday superheroes set out to save the world—starting with their school—in an exciting new middle-grade graphic series from two award-winning authors and a debut illustrator.
When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma, they get off to a rocky start. Outgoing Riley misses her Muscogee cousins but is sure that she and Maya will be instant BFFs. Meanwhile, introvert

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Cynthia Leitich Smith

1) Harvest House

2) Tantalize

3) Hearts Unbroken

4) Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

5) Jingle dancer

6) Rain Is Not My Indian Name

7) Indian Shoes

8) Sisters of the Neversea

9) Indian shoes

10) Sisters of the Neversea

11) Rain is not my Indian name

12) Hearts unbroken

13) Harvest House

14) Ancestor approved: intertribal stories for kids

15) Blue stars : 1: the vice principal problem

16) The hero next door

17) Violent ends: a novel in seventeen points of view

18) The Vice Principal Problem