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Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Kate Hart

Eric Gansworth

Marcella Bell

Darcie Little Badger

Karina Iceberg

Kaua Mahoe Adams

Andrea L. Rogers

Cheryl Isaacs

Christine Hartman Derr

Brian Young

K. A. Cobell

Jen Ferguson

A. J. Eversole

Byron Graves

Angeline Boulley

David A. Robertson

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Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter, love, Native pride, and the world’s best frybread.

The road to Sandy June's Legendary Frybread Drive-In slips through every rez and alongside every urban Native hangout. The menu offers a rotating feast, including traditional eats and tasty snacks. But Sandy June's serves up more than food: it hosts live music, movie nights, unexpected family reunions, love long lost, and love found again.

That big green-and-gold neon sign beckons to teens of every tribal Nation, often when they need it most.

Featuring stories and poems by: Kaua Mahoe Adams, Marcella Bell, Angeline Boulley, K. A. Cobell, A. J. Eversole, Jen Ferguson, Eric Gansworth, Byron Graves, Kate Hart, Christine Hartman Derr, Karina Iceberg, Cheryl Isaacs, Darcie Little Badger, David A. Robertson, Andrea L. Rogers, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Brian Young.

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