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Blog Post #8
contemporary counter narratives


Can I Touch Your Hair?
Some powerful images and poems from the text;


Awards for; Can I Touch Your Hair?
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Utah Beehive Award Nominee, Nominated, 2020
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Blue Hen Book Award Nominee, Nominated, 2020
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William Allen White Children's Book Awards Master List, Winner, 2020
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Great Lakes Great Books Award Nominee, Nominated, 2020
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NCTE Notable Poetry Books, Winner, 2019
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Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Nominee, Nominated, 2019
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White Ravens, Winner, 2019
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ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2019
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Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction Honor Book, Runner-up, 2019
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Cybils Finalist, Short-listed, 2018
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Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books of the Year, Winner, 2018



Author and Illustrator information
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story


Author and Illustrator Information
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