Our gathering will be Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 10 am
Our speaker will be Traci Sorell.
Traci Sorell writes award–winning fiction and nonfiction works for young people. In 2021, she
has two new nonfiction books. She has teamed up again with illustrator Frané Lessac for
has two new nonfiction books. She has teamed up again with illustrator Frané Lessac for
We Are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know (Charlesbridge), which has received five starred reviews (Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist,
The Horn Book and Shelf Awareness). Her other book, Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee
Aerospace Engineer (Millbrook), is with Métis artist Natasha Donovan. In Kirkus’ starred
review, it described Classified as “a biography that lands beyond the stars!”
Her middle grade historical fiction novel, Indian No More (Tu Books, 2019), with Charlene
Willing McManis, explores the impact of federal termination and relocation policies on an
Umpqua family in the 1950s. It won the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award for
Middle School Book and starred reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist.
Traci’s lyrical story in verse, At the Mountain’s Base (Kokila, 2019), illustrated by Weshoyot
Alvitre, celebrates the bonds of family and the bravery of history–making women pilots,
including Millie Rexroat (Oglala Lakota). The book received a 2020 American Indian Youth
Literature Award Picture Book Honor and three starred trade reviews (School Library Journal,
Booklist and Shelf Awareness). Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library also selected the book for its
2020 and 2021 Blue Ribbon List in the United States.
Her debut nonfiction picture book We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (Charlesbridge, 2018),
illustrated by Frané Lessac, won a 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award Picture Book
Honor, a 2019 Sibert Honor, a 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Honor and a 2019
Orbis Pictus Honor. It also received four starred reviews (Kirkus, School Library Journal, The
Horn Book and Shelf Awareness) and a 2020 Odyssey Honor Award for the audiobook produced by Live Oak Media in 2019.
A former federal Indian law attorney and policy advocate, Traci is a Cherokee Nation citizen and
lives on her tribe’s reservation in northeastern Oklahoma where her tribe is located. For more information about Traci and her other
Aerospace Engineer (Millbrook), is with Métis artist Natasha Donovan. In Kirkus’ starred
review, it described Classified as “a biography that lands beyond the stars!”
Her middle grade historical fiction novel, Indian No More (Tu Books, 2019), with Charlene
Willing McManis, explores the impact of federal termination and relocation policies on an
Umpqua family in the 1950s. It won the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award for
Middle School Book and starred reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist.
Traci’s lyrical story in verse, At the Mountain’s Base (Kokila, 2019), illustrated by Weshoyot
Alvitre, celebrates the bonds of family and the bravery of history–making women pilots,
including Millie Rexroat (Oglala Lakota). The book received a 2020 American Indian Youth
Literature Award Picture Book Honor and three starred trade reviews (School Library Journal,
Booklist and Shelf Awareness). Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library also selected the book for its
2020 and 2021 Blue Ribbon List in the United States.
Her debut nonfiction picture book We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (Charlesbridge, 2018),
illustrated by Frané Lessac, won a 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award Picture Book
Honor, a 2019 Sibert Honor, a 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Honor and a 2019
Orbis Pictus Honor. It also received four starred reviews (Kirkus, School Library Journal, The
Horn Book and Shelf Awareness) and a 2020 Odyssey Honor Award for the audiobook produced by Live Oak Media in 2019.
A former federal Indian law attorney and policy advocate, Traci is a Cherokee Nation citizen and
lives on her tribe’s reservation in northeastern Oklahoma where her tribe is located. For more information about Traci and her other
works, visit www.tracisorell.com
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