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American Indian Youth Literature Award American Indian Youth Services Literature Award honors the best writing and illustration by and about American Indians  Print this list  E-mail this list Return to Book Lists   3 listings found. Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. [2008 Winner, Young Adult] 229 p. 2007 Appears on the following book lists:  Book Trailers Spring 2008  Between Two Cultures  Good Reads for Guys •  Coming of Age (by Kim B) •  True Originals (by Kim B) •  Colleen (by Minnetonka Library Staff) •  Qlistens! (by QListens) •  Unputdownables! (by Kim B) •  For the Dorky Boy in All of Us (by KaliO) •  funny guys (by Tinkums) •  Great 2009 Holiday Gifts for Babies, Kids and Teens (by Lisa Stuart) Comment (7 comments) Bruchac, Joseph Hidden Roots Although he is uncertain why his father is so angry and what secret his mother is keeping from him, eleven-year-old Sonny knows that he is different from his classmates in their small New York town. [2006 Winner, Young Adult] 136 p. 2004 Comment (0 comments) Medicine Crow, Joseph Counting Coup : Becoming a Crow Chief On the Reservation and Beyond Meet Joseph Medicine Crow, a man raised in two worlds: according to the Crow Indian traditions and according to White man's rules. [2008 Winner] 128 p., 2006 Appears on the following book lists:  Biographies Comment (0 comments)  Print this list  E-mail this list Return to Book Lists   Updated: September 2009 © Hennepin County Library We welcome your comments and suggestions.