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Hoops: A Graphic Novel
Matt Tavares

Another great book from the Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees for this year is Hoops: A Graphic Novel by Matt Tavares. This book is based on the true story of Indiana’s Wilkins Regional High School girls’ basketball team fighting for gender equality rights after the inception of Title IX in 1972. Follow this team as they travel from game to game in Winnie, a borrowed RV, playing in their homemade uniforms with numbers created with electrical tape.

You Were Made for This World: Celebrated Indigenous Voices Speak to Young People

edited by Stephanie Sinclair and Sara Sinclair
This collection draws you in with a breathtaking cover and beautiful artwork that accompanies each entry. This volume, edited by Stephanie Sinclair and Sara Sinclair, was created as a response to continue on a journey of healing and learning more about their father’s Indigenous family to foster connection and teach their children about their rich history and culture. As the foreword by Mazina Giixhik-iban declares, "Diversity is natural and not something that needs to be overcome. It need not threaten the unity of humanity.” Explore this collection with forty Indigenous voices sharing their letters to young people presented as a “medicine bundle” with sections on traditional medicine; water, tobacco, cedar, sweetgrass, and sage.