Best Indian Novels For Teenagers - April 2024

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native Amer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316013692
• ASIN: 0316013692
• ISBN: 9780316013697
• Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142405965
• ASIN: 0142405965
• ISBN: 0142405965
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

Life of Pi

• ASIN: B0070Y46UY
• ASIN: B0070Y46UY
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Girls Burn Brighter: A Novel

• ASIN: 1250074258
• ASIN: 1250074258
• ISBN: 9781250074256
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

The Wooden Indian Resurrection: Coming of Age in Middle Age

A CAPTIVATING TALE OF FIRST LOVE, BETRAYAL, AND SECOND CHANCES THAT "STAYS WITH YOU LONG AFTER YOU TURN THE LAST PAGE." (Cindy Myers,The View from Here). Three girlfriends, one betrayal, three decades of bitterness, and one showdown that changes everything in this resurrection of a beaten-down woman who discovers “that we must face - not run from - our deepest fears.” Jean Snedegar, BBC Radio and West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Deborah, a modern Native American, is as dead as the wooden Indian she impersonates at work. She festers with bitterness from a stab-in-the-back by white high sc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0998952605
• ASIN: 0998952605
• ISBN: 0998952605
• Manufacturer: Crouton Press

Where the Dead Sit Talking

2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION FINALIST Set in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, Where the Dead Sit Talking is a stunning and lyrical Native American coming-of-age story. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, a troubled artist who also lives with the family. Sequoyah and Rosemary bon... [Read More]

• ASIN: 164129017X
• ASIN: 164129017X
• ISBN: 164129017X
• Manufacturer: Soho Press

Bridge to Terabithia

The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine Paterson, with brand-new bonus materials including an author's note by Katherine herself and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo. Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie’s house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Te... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0064401847
• ASIN: 0064401847
• ISBN: 9780064401845
• Brand: HarperCollins
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

The Hundredth Queen

In Emily R. King’s thrilling fantasy debut, an orphan girl blossoms into a warrior, summoning courage and confidence in her fearless quest to upend tradition, overthrow an empire, and reclaim her life as her own.As an orphan ward of the Sisterhood in the ancient Tarachand Empire, eighteen-year-old Kalinda is destined for nothing more than a life of seclusion and prayer. Plagued by fevers, she’s an unlikely candidate for even a servant’s position, let alone a courtesan or wife. Her sole dream is to continue living in peace in the Sisterhood’s mountain temple.But a visit from the tyrant ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01LZ0GFRO
• ASIN: B01LZ0GFRO
• Manufacturer: Skyscape

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII.His name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn’t stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength—both physical and mental—to excel as a marine.During Wo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425247856
• ASIN: 0425247856
• ISBN: 0425247856
• Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

A Wrinkle in Time

• ASIN: B004OA64H0
• ASIN: B004OA64H0
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Siddhartha: A Novel

The classic novel of a quest for knowledge that has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers—a perennial favorite for graduation gifts.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadThough set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book’s debut, the novel is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse’s time, synthesizing disparate philosophies–Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism–into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man’s se... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553208845
• ASIN: 0553208845
• ISBN: 0553208845
• Brand: Bantam Classics
• Manufacturer: Bantam

The Frontier Gambler's Lady: A Christian Historical Romance Novel (Colorado Reborn Book 4)

When Doc and Kate ran off together ten years ago with a bag full of money, they expected lifelong love and contentment together. Little did they know that too much good luck is bad luck!Doc Dailey is a handsome New Orleans gambler who makes his living in sporting halls and riverboats. But when Doc falls in love with Kate Dubois, the elegant hostess of the Natchez Queen ― and wins $25,000 one night ― he finds out that a man can be too lucky.The riverboat owner hates having to fork out the money, and when he sees that Doc has stolen Kate ― the woman he wants for himself ― Doc’s jealous... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07FKNHMTJ
• ASIN: B07FKNHMTJ

The Indian in the Cupboard

• ASIN: B003F3PK4A
• ASIN: B003F3PK4A
• Manufacturer: Doubleday Books for Young Readers

True Grit: A Novel

True Grit is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne. It tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash money. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the homicide into Indian Territory. True Grit is eccentric, cool, straight, and unflinching, like Mat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159020459X
• ASIN: 159020459X
• ISBN: 159020459X
• Brand: Abrams Books
• Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

Brink of Dawn: A Gripping Fantasy Thriller (A Chosen Novel Book 2)

They walk among us as if they’re gods.Only we know what they are.Only we know to fear them.And only we can defeat them.My name is Juliet Wildfire Stone, and I barely escaped my sleepy Arizona town alive. A Seeker almost murdered me. Lucky for me, I killed him first. I thought that was my test—that was my destiny—but it seems as though fate isn’t done with me yet.I’m a Chosen, a human-alien hybrid. There are three others like me, each with different abilities. I have to find them, and all I have to go on is a weird symbol, and a location—New York City. Hopefully my best friend Troy ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B015V9CJ1M
• ASIN: B015V9CJ1M
• Manufacturer: Evolved Publishing LLC

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Paperback)

Alexie's National Book Award winner chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. Includes poignant drawings that reflect

• UPC: 10083846
• Rating: 4.498

My Best Friend's Exorcism : A Novel

An unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist that blends teen angst, adolescent drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of '80s pop songs into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller The year is 1988. High school sophomores

• UPC: 55695819
• Rating: 4.087

Melodrama of an Indian Teenager - eBook

Aditya Arora is twenty-nine. Having come a long way in life, he stands proudly in his office space overlooking the city of New York, drawing a salary of 2,50,000 each month. He is all set

• UPC: 113093898

Teen Titans 1: Damian Knows Best

"Exploding from the blockbuster DC Rebirth event, it's an action-packed new spin on one of the most famous superhero teams of all time, from writer Benjamin Percy (GREEN ARROW) and a titanic team of talented

• UPC: 55342952
• Rating: 3.0

My Best Friend's Exorcism : A Novel

"A heartwarming story of friendship and demonic possession. The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen

• UPC: 49118660
• Rating: 5.0

All the Light We Cannot See : A Novel

"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the

• UPC: 55479491
• Rating: 4.487

Von Sinnlichkeit bis Hardcore – Teens außer Rand und Band: Best of Gay Erotik - eBook

Sieben erotische Gay Romane in einem Band!Ob im alten Rom oder in der Uni um die Ecke: Wenn Jungs heimlich andere Jungs lieben und nicht wirklich wissen, wie sie damit umgehen sollen...Ein Best of Gay

• UPC: 729887452

Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 2 - eBook

The sequel to the bestselling Khushwant Singh Selects Best Indian Short Stories - Volume I... Following the success of the first collection, Khushwant Singh, the country's foremost literary figure, serves up another round of the

• UPC: 265607816

Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 1 - eBook

The bestseller Khushwant Singh Selects Best Indian Short Stories - Volume I, offering the finest stories by India's master storytellers... The Indian short story is extraordinary in its ability to stick to the traditional rules

• UPC: 720928777

I Hate Everyone But You : A Novel About Best Friends

The instant New York Times bestseller and an Autumn 2017 Indie Next Pick, now in trade paperback.The instant New York Times bestseller from Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin that POPSUGAR named one of the Best

• UPC: 496672448
• Rating: 4.167