Middle Grade and YA Books with Native American Protags

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Hemlock and Sage
Hemlock and Sage 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
2.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,762 ratings
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Race to the Sun
Race to the Sun 4.03 avg rating — 5,954 ratings
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Fatty Legs
Fatty Legs 4.08 avg rating — 3,738 ratings
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A Snake Falls to Earth
A Snake Falls to Earth 3.94 avg rating — 11,534 ratings
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Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 22,340 ratings
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Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 189,006 ratings
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Hearts Unbroken
Hearts Unbroken 3.62 avg rating — 2,744 ratings
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,431 ratings
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Walking in Two Worlds (Walking in Two Worlds #1)
Walking in Two Worlds (Walking in Two Worlds #1)
by: Wab Kinew
3.48 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
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Meet Kaya (American Girls: Kaya, #1)
Meet Kaya (American Girls: Kaya, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 4,372 ratings
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet 4.02 avg rating — 2,101 ratings
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Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears 3.85 avg rating — 965 ratings
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Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony
Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony 4.22 avg rating — 3,104 ratings
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Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1
Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1 4.07 avg rating — 379 ratings
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Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom 4.27 avg rating — 991 ratings
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House of Purple Cedar
House of Purple Cedar 3.98 avg rating — 499 ratings
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If I Ever Get Out of Here
If I Ever Get Out of Here 3.91 avg rating — 3,456 ratings
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The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.94 avg rating — 42,139 ratings
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My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 3.74 avg rating — 3,564 ratings
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Nri Kryne (Monsters and Demons, #1)
Nri Kryne (Monsters and Demons, #1) 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)
Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,933 ratings
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Trouble at Fort La Pointe (American Girl History Mysteries, #7)
Trouble at Fort La Pointe (American Girl History Mysteries, #7) 3.92 avg rating — 629 ratings
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl 3.78 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
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Buffalo Chief
Buffalo Chief 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Welcome to Junior High! (Girl Talk, #1)
Welcome to Junior High! (Girl Talk, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 753 ratings
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The Sign of the Beaver
The Sign of the Beaver 3.87 avg rating — 39,017 ratings
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Below (North, #1)
Below (North, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Kaya's Escape! (American Girls: Kaya, #2)
Kaya's Escape! (American Girls: Kaya, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 2,123 ratings
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How I Became a Ghost
How I Became a Ghost 3.90 avg rating — 2,594 ratings
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Zia (Island of the Blue Dolphins, #2)
Zia (Island of the Blue Dolphins, #2) 3.49 avg rating — 5,164 ratings
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Changes For Kaya
Changes For Kaya 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker 4.25 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
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The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 3.67 avg rating — 451 ratings
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 60,965 ratings
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Kaya and Lone Dog: A Friendship Story (American Girls: Kaya, #4)
Kaya and Lone Dog: A Friendship Story (American Girls: Kaya, #4) 3.98 avg rating — 1,672 ratings
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In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 3.64 avg rating — 1,901 ratings
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Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653 3.67 avg rating — 2,170 ratings
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Julie (Julie of the Wolves, #2)
Julie (Julie of the Wolves, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 5,992 ratings
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Apple in the Middle
Apple in the Middle 3.65 avg rating — 610 ratings
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Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe" (15) (Women of Action)
Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe" (15) (Women of Action) 3.62 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Werewolf by Night: New Wolf Rising
Werewolf by Night: New Wolf Rising
by: Taboo
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Julie's Wolf Pack (Julie of the Wolves, #3)
Julie's Wolf Pack (Julie of the Wolves, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 6,160 ratings
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Northwest Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, Volume 3)
Northwest Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, Volume 3) 3.89 avg rating — 841 ratings
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The New Mutants: The Demon Bear Saga
The New Mutants: The Demon Bear Saga 3.92 avg rating — 400 ratings
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Shadows Cast by Stars
Shadows Cast by Stars 3.59 avg rating — 1,927 ratings
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Teen Titans: Earth One, Volume 1
Teen Titans: Earth One, Volume 1 3.56 avg rating — 2,262 ratings
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Walk in the Sky
Walk in the Sky 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 3.92 avg rating — 17,900 ratings
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Gargoyles: Clan Building, Volume 1
Gargoyles: Clan Building, Volume 1 4.25 avg rating — 230 ratings
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Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo, #1)
Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 2,943 ratings
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Soldier Sister, Fly Home
Soldier Sister, Fly Home 3.78 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Rain Is Not My Indian Name
Rain Is Not My Indian Name 3.46 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team 4.18 avg rating — 3,175 ratings
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Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea
Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea 3.74 avg rating — 1,844 ratings
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Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People 4.19 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Give Me Some Truth
Give Me Some Truth 3.44 avg rating — 582 ratings
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Walking Two Worlds
Walking Two Worlds 3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Curse of the Raven Mocker
The Curse of the Raven Mocker 3.36 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Three Feathers
Three Feathers 3.43 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Number Four
Number Four really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Red River Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, #2)
Red River Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 1,361 ratings
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This Place: 150 Years Retold
This Place: 150 Years Retold 4.36 avg rating — 4,076 ratings
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Surviving the City (Surviving the City, #1)
Surviving the City (Surviving the City, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,547 ratings
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Evening Star
Evening Star 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Killer-Of-Death
Killer-Of-Death 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Easter Fires
Easter Fires 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Season of the Two-Heart
Season of the Two-Heart 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Little Runner of the Longhouse (An I Can Read Book)
Little Runner of the Longhouse (An I Can Read Book) 3.51 avg rating — 65 ratings
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#Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women
#Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women 4.28 avg rating — 2,781 ratings
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Pueblo Indians: Farmers of the Rio Grande
Pueblo Indians: Farmers of the Rio Grande really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Edge of Two Worlds
Edge of Two Worlds it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Legend of Jimmy Spoon
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon 4.01 avg rating — 310 ratings
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Eagle Fur
Eagle Fur 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings
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wayah of the real people
wayah of the real people 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The talking leaf
The talking leaf really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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John Rattling-Gourd of Big Cove: A Collection of Cherokee Legends
John Rattling-Gourd of Big Cove: A Collection of Cherokee Legends 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Vision Quest
Vision Quest 3.42 avg rating — 31 ratings
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My Name Is Louis
My Name Is Louis 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Racing the Sun
Racing the Sun 3.65 avg rating — 190 ratings
81.
Cherokee Boy
Cherokee Boy 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Saturnalia
Saturnalia 3.33 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Ghost Paddle: A Northwest Coast Indian Tale
Ghost Paddle: A Northwest Coast Indian Tale 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
84.
Eagle Mask: A West Coast Indian Tale
Eagle Mask: A West Coast Indian Tale really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Cabins with Window Boxes
Cabins with Window Boxes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Our Cup Is Broken
Our Cup Is Broken 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Assorted Sisters
Assorted Sisters 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Ghost of Black Hawk Island (4)
The Ghost of Black Hawk Island (4) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Black Stone Knife
The Black Stone Knife 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Kunu: Winnebago Boy Escapes
Kunu: Winnebago Boy Escapes 3.82 avg rating — 102 ratings
91.
The Story of Corn
The Story of Corn it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Squanto, Young Indian Hunter
Squanto, Young Indian Hunter 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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People of the Mesa: A Novel of Native America
People of the Mesa: A Novel of Native America 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Little Thunder
Little Thunder 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Year of the Three-Legged Deer
The Year of the Three-Legged Deer 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Tales of a Pueblo Boy
Tales of a Pueblo Boy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Indian Saddle-up
Indian Saddle-up really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Black Mountain Boy: A Story of the Boyhood of John Honie
Black Mountain Boy: A Story of the Boyhood of John Honie liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Fawn
Fawn 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Thong Tree
The Thong Tree liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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