I want Lou to be my best friend!” -An Na, author of A STEP FROM HEAVEN, winner of the Michael L. Cyn’s trademark, spot-on dialogue captures the teen spirit perfectly. “I loved her irreverent, hilarious, and subversive dismantling of stereotypes. HEARTS UNBROKEN and RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME (HarperCollins, 2001)(Heartdrum, 2021) are set in the same realistic universe and the respective protagonists are cousins. You can also order a large-print hardcover (Thorndike Striving Reader, March 2020) or large-print paperback edition (Thorndike Striving Reader, November 2020) of HEARTS UNBROKEN from Thorndike Press.Order HEARTS UNBROKEN by Cynthia Leitich Smith.ĭepending on the title, Cynthia’s books may be found from Native bookstores like Birchbark Books and Native Arts and Red Planet Books and Comics, her local independent BookPeople in Austin, other terrific Texas bookstores like Blue Willow Bookshop and Brazos Bookstore, retail sites supporting indie bookstores like BookShop (Affiliate), IndieBound and Libro.fm (audio books), brick-and-mortar chains like Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and online retailer (Author Central).
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2020 Winner, American Indian Youth Literature Award (Young Adult).2021 Short List, All Iowa Reads! (Teen).Representative Text, 2021 NSK Neustadt Laureate.Read an excerpt of HEARTS UNBROKEN from Candlewick Press. In trying to protect her own heart, will Lou break Joey’s? The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, the ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper’s staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director’s inclusive approach to casting “The Wizard of Oz” has been provoking backlash in their mostly white, middle-class Kansas town.įrom the newly formed “Parents Against Revisionist Theater” to anonymous threats, long-held prejudices are being laid bare and hostilities are spreading against teachers, parents, and students-especially the cast members at the center of the controversy, including Lou’s little brother, who’s playing the Tin Man.Īs tensions heighten at school, so does a romance between Lou and Joey-but as she’s learned, “dating while Native” can be difficult. It’s her senior year, anyway, and she’d rather spend her time on her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. When Louise Wolfe’s first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off immediately and dumps him. Also published by Sooriya Books (Sri Lanka), Thorndike Press (large-print edition), and Walker Australia and New Zealand. HEARTS UNBROKEN by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick, 2018, 2020).