AICL's Recommended/Not Recommended Reads in 2015

This is a list of books I read in 2015, sorted into categories of Recommended (total of 16), and Not Recommended (47 in all). As you see, it is not a list of books that came out in 2015. Grand total: 60 (and counting). There is one writer on the recommended list who is not Native (Daniel José Older) and one on the Not Recommended list who is Native (Tara White). Links go to my review on AICL, and some of the links go to my article at School Library Journal. 

This is not a comprehensive list. There are books that I bought or received but wasn't able to read or finish writing up. One example is Ann Martin's Claudia and the First Thanksgiving. That's a book in the Babysitters Club series. It was one that will end up with a Recommended tag when I write it up. 

Recommended

• Charleyboy, Lisa. (2015) Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City. Published by Annick Press.
• Marshall, III, Joseph (2015) In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse. Published by Amulet, an imprint of Abrams. 
• Older, Daniel José. (2015) Shadowshaper. Published by Scholastic.
• Paquette, Aaron. (2014) Lightfinder. Published by Kegedonce Press.
• Poleahla, Anita. (2015) Celebrate My Hopi Corn. Published by Salina Press.
• Poleahla, Anita. (2015) Celebrate My Hopi Toys. Published by Salina Press.
• Robertson, Robbie. (2015) Hiawatha and the Peacemaker. Published by Abrams.
• Shuck, Kim. (2005). Smuggling Cherokee. Published by Greenfield Review Press. 
• Smith, Cynthia Leitich. (2015) Feral Pride. Published by Candlewick.
• Smith, Cynthia Leitich. (2001) Rain Is Not My Indian Name. Published by HarperCollins.
• Sulurayok, Matilda. (2015) Kamik's First Sled. Published by Inhabit Media.
• Tharpe-Thee, Sandy. (2015) The Apple Tree. Published by Road Runner Press.
• Van Camp, Richard. (2015) Blue Raven. Published by Pearson.
• Van Camp, Richard. (2015) Whistle. Published by Pearson. 
• Van Camp, Richard. (2015) A Blanket of Butterflies. Published by Portage & Main Press.
• Van Camp, Richard. (2015) Three Feathers. Published by HighWater Press.

Not Recommended

• Alko, Selina. (2015) The Case for Loving. Published by Scholastic.
• Anderson, Teddy. (2014) The Medicine Wheel. Published by Medicine Wheel Education.
• Arnold, David. (2015) Mosquitoland. Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin.
• Asch, Frank. (1979/2015) Popcorn. Published by Simon and Schuster.
• Bader, Bonnie. (2013) Who Was Christopher Columbus? Published by Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin. 
• Benet, Rosemary. (1933/1987) A Book of Americans. Republished in 1987 by Henry Holt. 
• Blyton, Enid. (1944) The Boy Next Door. Published by Angus and Robertson.
• Boone, Martina. (2014) Compulsion. Published by Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon and Schuster.
• Bowman, Erin. (2015) Vengeance Road. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
• Carson, Rae. (2015) Walk on Earth a Stranger. Published by Greenwillow, an imprint of HarperCollins.
• Cromwell, Ellen. (2015) Talasi: A Story of Tenderness and Love. Published by Halo Publishing International. 
• Danforth, Emily M. (2012) The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Published by Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins. 
• Daniels, Danielle. (2015). Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox. Published by Groundwood Books.
• DeBrunhoff, Laurent. (2008) Babar Comes to America. Published by Abrams. 
• DeFelice, Cynthia. (2015) Fort. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• Ellis, Carson. (2015) Home. Published by Candlewick.
• Federle, Tim. (2013) Better Nate than Ever. Published by Simon and Schuster. 
• Hites, Kati. (2015). Winnie and Waldorf. Published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins.
• Goble, Paul. (1992) Crow Chief. Published by Orchard Books.
• Greenwood, Mark. (2014) The Mayflower. Published by Holiday House.
• Hand, Cynthia. (2015) The Last Time We Say Goodbye. Published by HarperTeen.
• Jenkins, Emily. (2015) A Fine Dessert. Published by Schwartz & Wade, an imprint of Random House.
• Jenner, Caryn. (2012) Pocahontas. Published by Dorling Kindersley.
• Johnston, E. K. (2015) Prairie Fire. Published by Carolrhoda Lab.
• Keene, Carolyn. (2010). Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Camp Creepy. Published by Simon and Schuster. 
• Keene, Carolyn. (2012) Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Thanksgiving Thief. Published by Simon and Schuster.  
• Krull, Kathleen. (2007) Pocahontas: Princess of the New World. Published by Walker Publishing.
• Kyle, Chris. (2012) American Sniper. Published by William Morrow.
• Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary (2015) Published by Dorling Kindersley.
• Mayer, Mercer. (2015) Just A Special Thanksgiving. Published by HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollins.
• Myers, Stephenie. (2015) Life and Death. Published by Little, Brown. 
• Rex, Adam. (2007) The True Meaning of Smekday. Published by Hyperion Books for Children.
• Rex, Adam. (2015) Smek for President. Published by Hyperion Books for Children.
• Rey, H. A. (1963/2013) Curious George Learns the Alphabet. Published in 1963 by Houghton Mifflin.
• Rose, Carolyn Starr. (2015) Blue Birds. Published by G.P. Putnam, an imprint of Penguin.
• Scarry, Richard. (1961) Tinker and Tanker: Out West. Published by Doubleday.
• Schlitz, Laura Amy. (2015) The Hired Girl. Published by 
• Stirling, Tricia. (2015) When My Heart Was Wicked. Published by Scholastic. 
• Strayhorn, Willa (2015) The Way We Bared Our Souls. Published by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House. 
• Taylor-Butler, Christine. (2015) The Lost Tribes. Published by Move Books.
• Thomas, Cookie. (2014) Cinnamon and the Bat People. Published by TMC London.
• Valente, Catherynne M. (2015) Six Gun Snow White. Published by Subterranean Press.
• Velasquez, Crystal. (2015) Hunters of Chaos. Published by Simon and Schuster.
• Warner, Gertrude Chandler. (1993) The Mystery of the Lost Village (Boxcar Children). Published by Albert Whitman & Company.
• White, Tara. (2015). Where I Belong. Published by Tradewind Books.
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls. (1940) The Long Winter. Published by Harper and Row.
• Wiles, Deborah. (2014) Revolution. Published by Scholastic.

Here's my Recommended/Not Recommended List for 2014. Last year, there were 26 books on the Recommended list, and 35 on the Not Recommended list. Grand total then: 61.