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Indigenous Cultures
Indigenous Cultures
Indigenous Cultures Books for Kids – Wonderlit | Wonderlit
35 books about indigenous cultures
Age
0–2
3–5
6–8
9–12
13+
Format
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Graphic Novels
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Sugar Island
Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley
Daunis Fontaine witnesses a shocking murder, pulling her into a high-stakes FBI investigation where she must use tribal
Ages 14–18
The Tribe (Kwaymullina) #3
The Foretelling of Georgie Spider
Ambelin Kwaymullina
Georgie Spider has seen the end of the world and the death of her leader; now she must fight to change the future and sa
Ages 14–18
The Wilde Island Chronicles #3
In the Time of Dragon Moon
Janet Lee Carey
Caught between a mad queen and her own mixed heritage, a young healer teams up with a dragonrider to survive a deadly co
Ages 12–18
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Spirit Animals (Pamela Hicks) #1
Hunting Spirit Animals
Pamela Hicks
For teens processing the heaviness of loss and looking for their place in the world while navigating systemic injustice
Ages 14–18
House of Night #4
Untamed
P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
Life at the House of Night gets dangerous as Zoey Redbird faces new threats in this high-stakes chapter of her vampyre t
Ages 14–18
The Golden Day
Ursula Dubosarsky
A teacher vanishes during a school field trip, leaving eleven girls to navigate a haunting mystery and the shimmering, c
Ages 12–17
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep
Allan Wolf
Eighty-nine emigrants take an untested shortcut into the wilderness, leading to a harrowing winter of desperation in the
Ages 14–18
March Toward the Thunder
Joseph Bruchac
Fifteen-year-old Louis Nolette, an Abenaki Indian, joins the Union's Irish Brigade to fight for freedom and discovers th
Ages 10–15
Go and Come Back
Joan Abelove
Alicia observes two visiting anthropologists with humor and skepticism as they try to understand her village life deep i
Ages 12–17
The Invisible Wild
Nikki Van De Car
Sixteen-year-old Emma must protect a mysterious boy and reconnect with the hidden spirits of Hawaii to save the only hom
Ages 12–18
Where Wolves Don't Die
Anton Treuer
Wrongfully accused of arson, an Ojibwe boy flees the city to hide in the Canadian wilderness, learning traditional survi
Ages 12–18
Man Made Monsters
Andrea L. Rogers
Monsters both folkloric and historical haunt one Cherokee family across two centuries in this chilling collection of int
Ages 14–18
The Tribe #2
The Disappearance of Ember Crow
Ambelin Kwaymullina
Ashala Wolf and her Tribe of children with inexplicable powers retreat to their forest haven after a high-stakes raid on
Ages 12–18
Sugar Island
Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley
Perry takes justice into her own hands to solve a mystery involving grave robbers and missing Indigenous women while fig
Ages 14–18
Hearts Unbroken #2
Harvest House
Cynthia Leitich Smith
A creepy stalker and a bigoted local legend turn Hughie's volunteer job at a rural Halloween attraction into a dangerous
Ages 12–18
Seven Cities of Gold #1
The King's Fifth
Scott O'Dell
A teenage Spanish Conquistador witnesses firsthand how the desperate search for gold in the Americas twists the minds an
Ages 11–16
The Art Thieves
Andrea Rogers
For the teen grappling with climate anxiety who needs to see that even in a changing world, our stories, art, and herita
Ages 14–18
Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar #1
City of the Beasts
Isabel Allende
Deep within the Amazon canopy, Alexander joins an expedition to track a legendary beast and discovers his own inner powe
Ages 12–17
Guardian of the Dead
Karen Healey
Ellie Spencer must use her martial arts skills and newfound magic to stop ancient creatures from Maori myth before they
Ages 14–18
Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis
Jeannine Atkins
The silent power of stone comes to life in this verse novel about Edmonia Lewis, a sculptor of Native and African Americ
Ages 12–18
Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
Maia leaves for the exotic Amazon in 1910, navigating the challenges of living with the unkind Carter family while chasi
Ages 9–14
O'Keefe Family #2
Dragons in the Waters
Madeleine L'Engle
A thirteen-year-old’s voyage to Venezuela takes a dark turn toward murder and a surprising connection to an indigenous t
Ages 10–14
Sang Spell
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Grieving the loss of his mother, Josh wanders into a mysterious mountain community that forces him to face his deepest d
Ages 12–17
Whenever I'm with You
Lydia Sharp
For the teen navigating the heavy weight of family secrets and the desperate need to find a missing piece of their histo
Ages 14–18
