We Still Belong (Large Print)

Title: We Still Belong (Large Print)

Author: Christine Day
Narrators: Katie Anvil Rich
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Native American,
Release Date: 04/01/24
Audience: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade
Grade Level: Grades 3 - 7

Language: English
Binding Type: Hardcover
Page Count: 256
Awards: Booklist Starred Review,Kirkus Starred Review,Publishers Weekly Starred Review


Description: A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honorñwinning author Christine Day (Upper Skagit), about a girl whose hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoplesí Day (and plans to ask her crush to the school dance) go all wrongóuntil she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at an intertribal powwow. Wesley is proud of the poem she wrote for Indigenous Peoplesí Dayóbut the reaction from a teacher makes her wonder if expressing herself is important enough. And due to the specific tribal laws of her familyís Nation, Wesley is unable to enroll in the Upper Skagit tribe and is left feeling ìnot Native enough.î Through the course of the novel, with the help of her family and friends, she comes to embrace her own place within the Native community. Christine Day's debut, I Can Make This Promise, was an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Book, was named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Chicago Public Library, and NPR, and was also picked as a Charlotte Huck Honor Book. Her sophomore novel, The Sea in Winter, was an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Book, as well as named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and School Library Journal. We Still Belong is an accessible, enjoyable, and important novel from an author who always delivers.