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Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

Sharice Davids & Nancy K. Mays

Illustrator: Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

Ages: 6+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-297966-7

Keywords: U.S. Congress, lawyers, Native Americans, LGBTQ+

A young member of the Ho-Chunk Nation grows up to become a lawyer and eventually, the first openly LGBTQIA+ Congresswoman from Kansas. Stylized digital illustrations. Back matter.