Five Books to Read During Native American Heritage Month

Check out these five titles in celebration of Native American Heritage Month!

1. Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon: Seventeen-year-old Gem Echols hides their mental health challenges and mysterious dreams in the small town of Gracie, Georgia, but when a newcomer reveals a shocking claim of being reincarnated gods together, Gem's life takes a perilous turn as they embark on a deadly adventure, where their past and present collide.
2. Legendary Frybread Drive-in: Intertribal stories edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith: The road to Sandy June's Legendary Frybread Drive-In slips through every rez and alongside every urban Native hangout. The menu offers a rotating feast, including traditional eats and tasty snacks. But Sandy June's serves up more than food: it hosts live music, movie nights, unexpected family reunions, love long lost, and love found again. That big green-and-gold neon sign beckons to teens of every tribal Nation, often when they need it most.
3. Rez Ball by Byron Graves: When the varsity basketball team members take him under their wing, Tre Brun, representing his Ojibwe reservation, steps into his late brother's shoes as star player but soon learns he can't mess up--not on the court, not in school and not in love.
4. The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs: With the black water from a strange pond stalking her every move, Avery must connect to her Indigenous culture to save both her best friend -- and longtime crush -- and the town when people there begin disappearing, but is forced to make an impossible choice.
5. This Indian Kid : a Native American memoir by Eddie Chuculate: Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood.