2014 American Indian Youth Literature Awards

Chosen from the American Indian Library Association

-‘Caribou Song’, Atihko Oonagamoon, written by Tomson Highway and illustrated by

John Rombough (Fifth House, 2012) won for best picture book

-Tingle’s ‘How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story’

(The Roadrunner Press, 2013) won in the Middle School category

Bruchac’s graphic novel ‘Killer of Enemies’

(Tu Books, 2013) received the Young Adult award.

Honorable mention went Danny Blackgoat, ‘Navajo Prisoner’, also by Tingle (7th Generation, 2013) was noted in the Middle School category

‘If I Ever Get Out of Here’, by Eric Gansworth

(Arthur A. Levin Books, 2013), was highlighted in the Young Adult category.

Check out American Indians in Children’s Literature (AICL) for a complete list.