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Books like Encounter

24 titles for readers of Encounter by Brittany Luby, selected for shared themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Native American, Legends, Myths, Fables, and People & Places.

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Top related books to Encounter

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

The Native American Story Book Volume Four Stories of the American Indians for Children — G. W. Mullins

The Native American Story Book Volume Four Stories of the American Indians for Children

Themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas • Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables

Healer of the Water Monster — Brian Lee Young

Healer of the Water Monster

Brian Lee Young

Themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas • Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables

The Bear’s Long Tail A Tale Retold — Jane Chartrand

The Bear’s Long Tail A Tale Retold

Themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas • Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables

Mashkiki Road The Seven Grandfather Teachings — Elizabeth S. Barrett

Mashkiki Road The Seven Grandfather Teachings

Elizabeth S. Barrett

Themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas • Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables

Rainbow Crow — Nancy Van Laan

Themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas • Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables

Heroes of the Water Monster — Brian Young

Heroes of the Water Monster

Themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas • Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables

Self-Determined Stories The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature — Mandy Suhr-Sytsma

Self-Determined Stories The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature

Mandy Suhr-Sytsma

Themes: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas • Native American • People & Places

Berry Song — Michaela Goade

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

The Boy who Lived with the Seals — Rafe Martin

The Boy who Lived with the Seals

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Mystic Horse — Paul Goble

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Eagle Drums (Newbery Honor Book) — Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Eagle Drums (Newbery Honor Book)

Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Whisper in the Dark — Joseph Bruchac

Whisper in the Dark

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Black Sheep, White Crow and Other Windmill Tales Stories from Navajo Country — Jim Kristofic

Black Sheep, White Crow and Other Windmill Tales Stories from Navajo Country

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Baby Rattlesnake — Te Ata

Baby Rattlesnake

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Sisters of the Neversea — Cynthia Leitich Smith

Sisters of the Neversea

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

The Totem Pole — Alison Milford

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

The Boy Who Made Dragonfly A Zuni Myth — Tony Hillerman

The Boy Who Made Dragonfly A Zuni Myth

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Soonchild — Russell Hoban

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Turtle’s Race with Beaver — Joseph Bruchac

Turtle’s Race with Beaver

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Found — P. C. Cast

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Sorceress — Celia Rees

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

The Great Race — Paul Goble

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

Rough-Face Girl — Rafe Martin

Rough-Face Girl

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

We Are Water Protectors — Carole Lindstrom

We Are Water Protectors

Carole Lindstrom

Themes: Native American • Legends, Myths, Fables • People & Places

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Native American, Legends, Myths, Fables — the same threads that run through Encounter by Brittany Luby. Among the authors featured: G. W. Mullins, Brian Lee Young, Jane Chartrand, Elizabeth S. Barrett, and others.

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