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Find Your Strength

Everyone has strengths waiting to be discovered. Use these books to help students recognize the many places strength can be found—in themselves, in others, and in the communities and traditions that shape them.
By: National Education Association
Published: August 1, 2026

Books of the month:

Books of the month:

Elementary

The Trickster Shadow

The Trickster Shadow

The Trickster Shadow

by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

Zoon, a young Anishinaabe boy, doesn’t know what to do about the shadow disrupting his life until his grandmother helps him discover the strength he has within.
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Middle Grade

Outfoxed

Outfoxed

Outfoxed

by Elise McMullen-Ciotti

While spending the summer in Massachusetts, Skye, a twelve-year-old Cherokee girl from Oklahoma, rescues a baby fox from a trap and teams up with newcomer Ivy to catch the poacher.
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Young Adult

Medicine Wheels

Medicine Wheels

Medicine Wheels

by Byron Graves

After his mother goes back to jail, Bryce reunites with his grandparents and old friends and finds connection to Ojibwe heritage and his late father, a carefree skateboarder.
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