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From: K.T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:35:34 -0600
I took a look at the 2013 log and found only one book by Joseph Bruchac this year. (There have been years where his books account for about 50% of the books by Native authors.)
Interestingly, all but one of the Native authors/illustrators (including Joseph Bruchac) were published by small presses in 2013. Eric Gansworth's "If I Ever Get Out of Here" was the only one published by one of the large publishers (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic).
We, too, are looking forward to discussing 'How I Became a Ghost" by Tim Tingle and "If I Ever Get Out of Here" by Eric Gansworth later in February. if you ahven't done so already please find them and read them.
Cheers, KT
On 2/4/2014 1:12 PM, Debbie Reese wrote:
> Good afternoon!
>
> I'd love to see a list of titles and authors in the American Indian
> category. With 18 of 33 books by American Indian authors... that's
> quite a lot! But, how many are by Joe?
>
> KT's note that the stats don't reflect quality is important. There are
> several YA books and series with Native protagonists that have me
> shaking me head. Ones that fell short include HOOKED by Fichera, GHOST
> HAWK by Susan Cooper, and the "soul seeker" series by Alyson Noel
> (first one published in 2012; last one in 2013)...
>
> I'm thrilled to see that Tingle and Gansworth's books will be
> discussed later.
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:35:34 -0600
I took a look at the 2013 log and found only one book by Joseph Bruchac this year. (There have been years where his books account for about 50% of the books by Native authors.)
Interestingly, all but one of the Native authors/illustrators (including Joseph Bruchac) were published by small presses in 2013. Eric Gansworth's "If I Ever Get Out of Here" was the only one published by one of the large publishers (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic).
We, too, are looking forward to discussing 'How I Became a Ghost" by Tim Tingle and "If I Ever Get Out of Here" by Eric Gansworth later in February. if you ahven't done so already please find them and read them.
Cheers, KT
On 2/4/2014 1:12 PM, Debbie Reese wrote:
> Good afternoon!
>
> I'd love to see a list of titles and authors in the American Indian
> category. With 18 of 33 books by American Indian authors... that's
> quite a lot! But, how many are by Joe?
>
> KT's note that the stats don't reflect quality is important. There are
> several YA books and series with Native protagonists that have me
> shaking me head. Ones that fell short include HOOKED by Fichera, GHOST
> HAWK by Susan Cooper, and the "soul seeker" series by Alyson Noel
> (first one published in 2012; last one in 2013)...
>
> I'm thrilled to see that Tingle and Gansworth's books will be
> discussed later.
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