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Joseph Kakwinokanasum

My Indian Summer

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List of 2023-2024 Adult/YA
Shortlisted Titles

Browse below for all shortlisted titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury has shortlisted these titles.

Opimōtēwina wīna kapagamawāt Wītigōwa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo

Author : Ken Carriere

Publisher : University of Regina Press

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My Indian Summer

Author : Joseph Kakwinokanasum

Publisher : Tidewater Press

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Nii Ndahlohke: Boys’ and Girls’ Work at Elgin Industrial School

Author : Mary Jane McCallum

Publisher : Freisen Press

Silence to Strength – Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop

Author : Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Publisher : Kegedonce Press

A Blanket of Butterflies

Author : Richard Van Camp

Publisher : Portage and Main

Longlist of 2023-2024 Adult/YA Nominated Titles

Browse below for all nominated titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury selects a shortlist and the winning title.

The Theory of Crows

Author : David A. Robertson

Publisher : Harper Collins

Trailer Park Shakes

Author : Justene Dion-Glowa

Publisher : Brick Books

Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools—Commemorative Edition

Author : Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine

Publisher : Heritage House

A Blanket of Butterflies

Author : Richard Van Camp

Publisher : Portage and Main

Majagalee:The Language of Seasons

Author : Shawna Davis

Publisher : McKellar and Martin

Rabbit Chase

Author : Elizabeth LaPensee, KC Oster(illustrator)

Publisher : Annick Press

Half-Bads in White Regalia: : A Memoir

Author : Cody Caetano

Publisher : Penguin Random House

The Case of the Rigged Race

Author : Michael Hutchinson

Publisher : Second Story Press

Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

Author : Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson

Publisher : Harper Collins

Where the Sea Kuniks the Land

Author : Ashley Qilavaq-Savard

Publisher : Inhabit Media

The Stone Child

Author : David A. Robertson

Publisher : Penguin Random House

Di-bayn-di-zi-win (To Own Ourselves)

Author : Don McCaskill, Jerry Fontaine

Publisher : Dundurn Press

She Holds up the Stars

Author : Sandra Laronde

Publisher : Annick Press

The Amajurjuk

Author : Levi Illuitok

Publisher : Inhabit Media

Opimōtēwina wīna kapagamawāt Wītigōwa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo

Author : Ken Carriere

Publisher : University of Regina Press

Making Love with the Land

Author : Joshua Whitehead

Publisher : Penguin Random House

Trees

Author : Lucy Hemphill

Publisher : At Bay Press

Creeboy

Author : Teresa Wouters

Publisher : Lorimer

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My Indian Summer

Author : Joseph Kakwinokanasum

Publisher : Tidewater Press

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Through the Eyes of Asunder

Author : Nshannacappo

Publisher : Kegedonce Press

Running Down a Dream

Author : Candy Palmater

Publisher : Harper Collins

Blood

Author : Tyler Pennock

Publisher : Brick Books

The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era

Author : Harold Johnson

Publisher : Biblioasis

Nii Ndahlohke: Boys’ and Girls’ Work at Elgin Industrial School

Author : Mary Jane McCallum

Publisher : Freisen Press

Walking the Red Road for Healing

Author : Marlyn Cook

Publisher : Indigenous Education Press

Serpents and Other Spiritual Beings

Author : Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch

Publisher : Kegedonce Press

Ahiahia the Orphan

Author : Levi Illuitok

Publisher : Inhabit Media

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

Author : Patty Krawec

Publisher : Broadleaf Books

The Missing Caribou Hide

Author : Cecilia Judas, Joan Sherman, Madeline Judas, Wendy Stephenson

Publisher : Hancock House Publishers

Version Control

Author : David A. Robertson

Publisher : Portage and Main

Inuunira: My Story of Survival

Author : Brian Koonoo

Publisher : Inhabit Media

Medicine Wheel Workbook: Finding Your Healthy Balance

Author : Carrie Armstrong

Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Author : Jen Ferguson

Publisher : Harper Collins

nēhiyawēwin awāsi-masinahikanis: A Little Plains Cree Book for Children

Author : Allen Felix, Elmer Ballantyne, Patricia Deiter

Publisher : Your Nickels Worth

A Minor Chorus

Author : Billy-Ray Belcourt

Publisher : Penguin Random House

Indig-Enough

Author : Nikki Soliman

Publisher : Indigenous Education Press

The Gift of the Little People

Author : William Dumas

Publisher : Portage and Main

Silence to Strength – Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop

Author : Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Publisher : Kegedonce Press

Aquariums

Author : J.D. Kurtness

Publisher : Dundurn Press

The Other Ones

Author : Jamesie Fournier

Publisher : Inhabit Media

Bear Bones and Feathers

Author : Louise Bernice Halfe

Publisher : Brick Books

Wabanaki Modern

Author : Emma Hassencahl-Perley

Publisher : GooseLane Editions

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