Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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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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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.

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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.

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.

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.

Sisters of the Neversea

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.

Hearts unbroken

2020
While working with the new photojournalist to cover the school musical's ethnically diverse casting, Muscogee (Creek) Louise Wolfe finds herself confronting the politics of being Native and the feasibility of dating while Native.

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