Native Literature Challenge 2020 - hosted by nativegirlsreading

An author’s debut book

Try a new or established author’s first book.⁣

Mallory's favourite novel in Louise Erdrich’s impressive canon is her debut, Love Medicine.

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Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

Crooked Hallelujah

Kelli Jo Ford

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter #1

Angeline Boulley

494 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Fatty Legs by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton, Liz Amini-Holmes

Fatty Legs

Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton, Liz Amini-Holmes

112 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction childrens memoir emotional slow-paced
The Grass Dancer by Susan Power

The Grass Dancer

Susan Power

352 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
full-metal indigiqueer: poems by Joshua Whitehead

full-metal indigiqueer: poems

Joshua Whitehead

120 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
ᑭᓯᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᕋᓂ / Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / Only in My Hometown by Angnakuluk Friesen, Ippiksaut Friesen, Jean Kusugak

ᑭᓯᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᕋᓂ / Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / Only in My Hometown

Angnakuluk Friesen, Ippiksaut Friesen, Jean Kusugak

24 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction childrens adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes

Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

Nick Estes

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman

Terra Nullius

Claire G. Coleman

294 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Under Nushagak Bluff by Mia C. Heavener

Under Nushagak Bluff

Mia C. Heavener

missing page info • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie

If I Go Missing

Brianna Jonnie

64 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel young adult emotional reflective slow-paced