Edit­ed by award-win­ning and best­selling author Cyn­thia Leitich Smith, this col­lec­tion of inter­sect­ing sto­ries by both new and vet­er­an Native writ­ers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of com­mu­ni­ty, and Native pride.

​Native fam­i­lies from Nations across the con­ti­nent gath­er at the Dance for Moth­er Earth Pow­wow in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In a high school gym full of col­or and song, peo­ple dance, sell bead­work and books, and cel­e­brate friend­ship and her­itage. Young pro­tag­o­nists will meet rel­a­tives from far­away, mys­te­ri­ous strangers, and some­times one anoth­er (plus one scrap­py rez dog).

​This ground­break­ing anthol­o­gy is edit­ed by Cyn­thia Leitich Smith and illus­trat­ed by Nicole Nei­d­hardt. The cov­er draws its inspi­ra­tion from Jessie, the pro­tag­o­nist of Kim Roger­s’s short sto­ry, ’ ”Fly­ing Togeth­er”. Also includ­ed is her poem, “What is a Powwow?”.