"Names are music, each infused with a unique rhythm and melody that gives it life on the tips of our tongues. Names reveal generational ties and histories, weaving an intricate tale of the past before a word is even spoken. Names—and correctly saying them—are important as each one carries the hopes, dreams, and traditions of those that came before us." -- publisher
Themes & Content
- Genres
- Fiction
- Central Theme Categories
- Race/Culture/Identity Concepts
- Content
- Race-Related
- Settings
- Unspecified
- Tribal Affiliation / Homelands
- Diné (Navajo Nation – Arizona; New Mexico and Utah)
- Nahua
- Native Tongan
- Gender Representation
- Girls/Women
- Unspecified
- Race / Culture
- Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
- Bi/Multiracial/Mixed Race
- Black/African/African American
- First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
- Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
- Middle Eastern/North African/Arab
- Character Prominence
- Joint Main
- Illustrator Lived Experience
- Illustrator shares race/culture with main characters
