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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

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funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This novel was entertaining, fun, mysterious, heartfelt, and filled with friendship.
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

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adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is a very good YA novel touching on MMIWG2S and NAGPRA. The teens represent great positive role modeling. 
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

A very imaginative novel. Kindness, friendship, hope, and the love of books all come together in this heartwarming and a bit sad story. 
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

An awesome novel that looks at the struggles, hardships, joys, and triumphs of a Cherokee/Kiowa/Latino family. 
The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book is about grief and how hopefully, you learn to live with it. From the author “For me, the Wind Phone is mainly this: a metaphor that suggests how precious it is to hold on tight to joy as well as pain.”
Sacred Water: Narratives and Pictures by Leslie Marmon Silko

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5.0

Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

What a story. This was an awesome and unexpected mixture of genre’s. I loved it. A little bit magical realism, a little bit of a mystery, a little bit of a love story, a little bit science fiction.
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The first book in this series by this Anishinaabe author was great but this one is outstanding. I would recommend audio so that you can have the language. The books are set in a near future “after the light have gone out.”




The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

 What a charming, fun, endearing, comical, and smart bunch of characters.
Blood Betrayal by Ausma Zehanat Khan

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I read that police procedural is not so accurate in this book but being that I don’t know police procedural I won’t complain. In fact it is a timely tale of white supremacy and crooked cops (maybe).

Khan never disappoints.