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This poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul, explores a wide range of ways to be grateful (from gratitude for a puppy to gratitude for family to gratitude for the sky) with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including

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To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the grizzly is an integral part of the natural landscape. Together, they share the land and forests that the Skeena River runs through, as well as the sockeye salmon within it.

a salmon and a bear
By: Brett D. Huson
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To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make their home.

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Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written--whose next chapters are up to you. 

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By: Amy Reed Julie Murphy Sandhya Menon Ellen Hopkins Amber Smith Nina LaCour Stephanie Kuehnert Sona Charaipotra Anna-Marie McLemore Brandy Colbert Martha Brockenbrough Jaye Robin Brown Maurene Goo Aisha Saeed Jenny Torres Sanchez Hannah Moskowitz Ilene I.W. Gregorio Tracy Deonn Walker Somaiya Daud Christine Day Alexandra Duncan

From Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an anthology of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America.

Hearts Unbroken
By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

When Louise Wolfe’s first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail.

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Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy?" is a children's story that teaches about respect for nature, animals and culture. After a Tlingit mother gives her son a dried piece of salmon with mold on the end, he flings it away in disgust, committing a taboo.

Drawing of children walking in a line, except for one student in a blue shirt
By: Daniel W. Vandever

Fall in Line, Holden! follows Holden, a young Navajo Boy, through his day at boarding school. Although Holden is required to conform to a rigid schedule and strict standards of behavior, his internal life is filled with imagination and wonder.

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