Native American Heritage Month
Bad Medicine
Indiginerds: Tales From Modern Indigenous Life
Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe
Surviving the City, Vol. 3: We Are the Medicine
Where Wolves Don't Die
Looking for Smoke
Buffalo Dreamer
Godly Heathens
The Unfinished
Find Her
Warrior Girl Unearthed
Rez Ball
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story
A Constellation of Minor Bears
Border Patrol
Between the Pipes
This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir
The Art Thieves
The Spirit of Denendeh, Volume 2: As I Enfold You in Petals
Little Moons
Hopeless in Hope
Dreams, Volume 1: Visions of the Crow
The Stone Child
Killing the Wittigo
No Place Like Home
Heroes of the Water Monster
Two Tribes
Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge
Book Lists
Award Books
The Alex Awards
The Alex Awards are given to books written for adults that have special appeal to teens.
Asian Pacific American Award - The Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.
Beatty Award - Distinguished books that best promote awareness of California and its people.
Coretta Scott King Award (Authors) - The very best books celebrating African American culture and values, by African American authors and/or illustrators.
Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrators) - The very best books celebrating African American culture and values, by African American authors and/or illustrators.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for ages 12-18.
Mike Morgan & Larry Romans/Stonewall Young Adult Literature Award - Honors English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience
Israel Fishman/Stonewall Non-Fiction Award - Honors English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience
Morris Award - Honors books published by first-time authors writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Non-Fiction Award - Honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18)
Printz Award - Honors books published by first-time authors writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Schneider Award - Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
John Steptoe Award for New Talent - Authors: Affirms new talent and offers visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration.
Sydney Taylor Book Award - Presented annually to outstanding books for teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award encourages the publication and widespread use of quality Judaic literature.
Book-Related Databases*
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e-Books for Teens
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Novelist
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Book-Related Websites
AR Book Finder
Find Accelerated Reading books by topic and title.
Book Expert Online
Find information about books that are supported by Reading Counts! quizzes.
Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
Lists of fiction and nonfiction for teens who dislike to read for whatever reason.
Teen Ink.com
Magazines, blogs, book series, and websites written entirely by teens.