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I Am the Messenger
Knopf Books for Young Readers

I Am the Messenger

Markus Zusak

A novel about an ordinary young man drawn into a mysterious series of tasks that tests courage and responsibility.

Reservation Blues
Grove Press

Reservation Blues

Sherman Alexie

When Robert Johnson's enchanted guitar reaches the Spokane Indian Reservation, a group of young men forms a band and the novel follows the clash of humor, grief, and cultural survival in contemporary Native life.

Tu: A Novel
Univ of Hawaii Pr

Tu: A Novel

Patricia Grace

In this new novel acclaimed Maori novelist Patricia Grace visits the often terrifying and complex world faced by men of the Maori Battalion in Italy during World War II. Tu is proud of his name--the Maori god of war. But for the returned soldier there's a shadow over his own war experience in Italy. Three brothers went to war, but only one returned--Tu is the sole survivor.

Axe Handles: Poems
Counterpoint

Axe Handles: Poems

Gary Snyder

A poetry collection by Gary Snyder that explores family, community, and the passing on of cultural knowledge. Through short, carefully shaped poems, it links everyday life with nature and reflection.

ミス・ヒッコリーと森のなかまたち (福音館文庫 物語)
福音館書店

ミス・ヒッコリーと森のなかまたち (福音館文庫 物語)

キャロライン・シャーウィン ベイリー, ルース・クリスマン ガネット, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Ruth Chrisman Gannett, 坪井 郁美

Miss Hickory, a doll abandoned by her young owner, spends a winter alone in a New Hampshire orchard and gradually finds her place through encounters with the creatures of the woods. It is a classic fantasy with vivid natural detail and a quiet sense of resilience.

One Of Ours
Indypublish.Com

One Of Ours

Willa Cather

The story of Claude Wheeler, a young man from Nebraska who searches for a place in the world through farm life, study, marriage, and World War I. It links wartime experience to self-discovery and follows a young man caught between idealism and loss.