Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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Harvest house

2024
As Muskogee sophomore Hughie Wolfe volunteers at a haunted house fundraiser, he weighs speaking out against a bigoted legend and investigates strange things that have been occurring at the crossroads near Harvest House at night.
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On a wing and a tear

2024
Melanie "Mel" Roberts and Ray Halfmoon may be from different Indigenous Nations, but the friends have become like siblings since their families moved in together. And they soon welcome a distinguished guest: Great-grandfather Bat, whose wing is injured, has taken refuge in their old oak tree. A rematch of the legendary Great Ball Game is coming up, with Bat as the star player. Grampa Charlie Halfmoon offers to drive Bat from Chicago down to the traditional playing field outside Macon, Georgia, and Mel and Ray are determined to help out. They all set off on a road trip on the way to the historic game.
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Jingle dancer

Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.

Harvest House

2023
When strange things start happening at night near a new, supposedly haunted, rural attraction, including a creepy man stalking young Indigenous women, Hughie Wolfe and his friends set out to discover the truth in order to protect themselves and their community.
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Sisters of the Neversea

2022
"Three children from a blended Creek-British family follow Peter Pan to an island filled with animals, merfolk, and fairies, but when they discover the dark side of Peter and Neverland they plan their escape"--OCLC.
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Ancestor approved

intertribal stories for kids
Presents sixteen short stories and two poems that look at the hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native American pride.

Ancestor approved

intertribal stories for kids
2021
Presents sixteen short stories and two poems that look at the hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native American pride.

Rain is not my Indian name

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.

Hearts unbroken

Louise dumps her popular jock boyfriend after he makes some insensitive remarks about his brother's Native American fianc?e without regard for the fact that she is also Native American. As a reporter for her school newspaper, she is working on the story of the year alongside Joey--a story that involves racism, blackmail, and bullying among the cast of the school play--a cast that includes Louise's younger brother.

Feral pride

When Kayla's transformation to werecat is captured on video, she becomes a symbol of the werebeast threat, meanwhile, a self-proclaimed weresnake kidnaps the governor of Texas and hits the airwaves with a message of war.

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