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VaughanPL: Reading Challenge 2024: Read a Book by an Indigenous Author

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Many of these titles are also available as e-books or audiobooks on Libby or Hoopla, so don't forget to check them out there! Ready for more? Find all of our Reading Challenge 2024 topics at https://www.vaughanpl.info/blog/reading-challenge-2024

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Vaughan Public Libraries

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15 items

Cold

Cold

A Novel

by Taylor, Drew Hayden

Book - 2024

A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning writer Drew Hayden Taylor that blends thriller, murder mystery, and horror with humour and spectacle. A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning writer Drew Hayden Taylor that blends thriller, murder mystery, and horror with humour and spectacle. Show less

A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning writer Drew Hayden Taylor that blends thriller, murder mystery, and horror with humour and spectacle. A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning writer Drew Hayden Taylor that blends thriller, murder mystery, and horror with humour and spectacle. Show less

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Where Wolves Don't Die

Where Wolves Don't Die

by Treuer, Anton

Book - 2024

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. And h...Show more Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. And he hates the local bully in his neighborhood, Matt Schroeder, who terrorizes Ezra and his friend Nora George. Ezra gets into a terrible fight with Matt at school defending Nora, and that same night, Matt's house burns down. Instantly, Ezra becomes a prime suspect... Show less

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. And h...Show more Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. And he hates the local bully in his neighborhood, Matt Schroeder, who terrorizes Ezra and his friend Nora George. Ezra gets into a terrible fight with Matt at school defending Nora, and that same night, Matt's house burns down. Instantly, Ezra becomes a prime suspect... Show less

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Prairie Edge

Prairie Edge

A Novel

by Kerr, Conor

Book - 2024

Meet Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey's uncle's old trailer, passing their days pla...Show more Meet Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey's uncle's old trailer, passing their days playing endless games of cribbage and cracking cans of cheap beer in between. One night, Grey has a revelation and enlists Ezzy, who is hopelessly devoted to her but eager to avoid the authorities after a life in and out of the group home system and jail, for a bold yet dangerous political mission... Show less

Meet Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey's uncle's old trailer, passing their days pla...Show more Meet Isidore "Ezzy" Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey's uncle's old trailer, passing their days playing endless games of cribbage and cracking cans of cheap beer in between. One night, Grey has a revelation and enlists Ezzy, who is hopelessly devoted to her but eager to avoid the authorities after a life in and out of the group home system and jail, for a bold yet dangerous political mission... Show less

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Waiting for the Long Night Moon

Waiting for the Long Night Moon

Stories

by Peters, Amanda

Book - 2024

In this intimate collection, Peters melds traditional storytelling with beautiful, spare prose to describe the dignity of the traditional way of life, the humiliations of systemic racism and the resilient power to endure. In this intimate collection, Peters melds traditional storytelling with beautiful, spare prose to describe the dignity of the traditional way of life, the humiliations of systemic racism and the resilient power to endure. Show less

In this intimate collection, Peters melds traditional storytelling with beautiful, spare prose to describe the dignity of the traditional way of life, the humiliations of systemic racism and the resilient power to endure. In this intimate collection, Peters melds traditional storytelling with beautiful, spare prose to describe the dignity of the traditional way of life, the humiliations of systemic racism and the resilient power to endure. Show less

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Thunder Song

Thunder Song

Essays

by LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu

Book - 2024

Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous ident...Show more Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Show less

Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous ident...Show more Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Show less

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I Was A Teenage Slasher

I Was A Teenage Slasher

by Jones, Stephen Graham

Book - 2024

1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly Driv...Show more 1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Here, Stephen Graham Jones explores the Texas he grew up in and the unfairness of being on the outside through the slasher horrors he loves—but from the perspective of the killer, Tolly, writing his own autobiography. Show less

1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly Driv...Show more 1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Here, Stephen Graham Jones explores the Texas he grew up in and the unfairness of being on the outside through the slasher horrors he loves—but from the perspective of the killer, Tolly, writing his own autobiography. Show less

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Last Woman

Last Woman

Stories

by Baker, Carleigh

Book - 2024

From one of the country's most celebrated new writers, a blistering collection of short fiction that is bracingly relevant, playfully irreverent, and abso...Show more From one of the country's most celebrated new writers, a blistering collection of short fiction that is bracingly relevant, playfully irreverent, and absolutely unforgettable. Carleigh Baker's signature style is irreverent, but her heart is true—these stories delve into fear for the future, intergenerational misunderstandings, and the complexities of belonging with sharp wit and boundless empathy. Show less

From one of the country's most celebrated new writers, a blistering collection of short fiction that is bracingly relevant, playfully irreverent, and abso...Show more From one of the country's most celebrated new writers, a blistering collection of short fiction that is bracingly relevant, playfully irreverent, and absolutely unforgettable. Carleigh Baker's signature style is irreverent, but her heart is true—these stories delve into fear for the future, intergenerational misunderstandings, and the complexities of belonging with sharp wit and boundless empathy. Show less

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Looking for Smoke

Looking for Smoke

by Cobell, K. A.

Book - 2024

When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on t...Show more When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation... Show less

When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on t...Show more When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation... Show less

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Fire Exit

Fire Exit

A Novel

by Talty, Morgan

Book - 2024

From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far b...Show more From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life—from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there's always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community... Show less

From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far b...Show more From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life—from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there's always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community... Show less

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And Then She Fell

And Then She Fell

A Novel

by Elliott, Alicia

Book - 2023

A mind-bending, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences. A mind-bending, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences. Show less

A mind-bending, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences. A mind-bending, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences. Show less

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The Berry Pickers

The Berry Pickers

by Peters, Amanda

Book - 2023

July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's youngest...Show more July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's youngest child, vanishes mysteriously. In Boston, a young girl named Norma grows up troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren't telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret. Show less

July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's youngest...Show more July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's youngest child, vanishes mysteriously. In Boston, a young girl named Norma grows up troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren't telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret. Show less

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Never Whistle at Night

Never Whistle at Night

An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Book - 2023

Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the...Show more Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai'po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home. Show less

Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the...Show more Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai'po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home. Show less

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Tales for Late Night Bonfires

Tales for Late Night Bonfires

Stories

by Grisenthwaite, G. A.

Book - 2023

Tales for Late Night Bonfires contains curious, uncanny tales that blend Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style. These are stories that are a little bit larger than life—or maybe they really happened. Tales for Late Night Bonfires contains curious, uncanny tales that blend Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style. These are stories that are a little bit larger than life—or maybe they really happened. Show less

Tales for Late Night Bonfires contains curious, uncanny tales that blend Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style. These are stories that are a little bit larger than life—or maybe they really happened. Tales for Late Night Bonfires contains curious, uncanny tales that blend Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style. These are stories that are a little bit larger than life—or maybe they really happened. Show less

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Bad Cree

Bad Cree

A Novel

by Johns, Jessica

Book - 2023

In this haunting debut, Mackenzie is a young Cree millennial living in Vancouver. After the deaths of her sister and grandmother, she begins having vision...Show more In this haunting debut, Mackenzie is a young Cree millennial living in Vancouver. After the deaths of her sister and grandmother, she begins having visions of her sister, whom she believes is trying to tell her something. When crows start to follow her, Mackenzie heads home to Alberta to seek the help of her family, and together, they try to uncover what is haunting Mackenzie before something irrevocable happens to anyone else around her. Show less

In this haunting debut, Mackenzie is a young Cree millennial living in Vancouver. After the deaths of her sister and grandmother, she begins having vision...Show more In this haunting debut, Mackenzie is a young Cree millennial living in Vancouver. After the deaths of her sister and grandmother, she begins having visions of her sister, whom she believes is trying to tell her something. When crows start to follow her, Mackenzie heads home to Alberta to seek the help of her family, and together, they try to uncover what is haunting Mackenzie before something irrevocable happens to anyone else around her. Show less

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A Council of Dolls

A Council of Dolls

A Novel

by Power, Mona Susan

Book - 2023

From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Counc...Show more From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried.... Show less

From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Counc...Show more From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried.... Show less

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