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

• Publisher: Heartdrum
• eBook ISBN:
  9780063314283
• Year: 2025

Michael L. Printz Award Winner
American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner
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 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.
Features 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.
In partnership with We Need Diverse Books.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Note to Readers
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Maybe It Starts by Kate Hart
• House of Stray Cats by Eric Gansworth
• Mvskoke Joy by Marcella Bell
• Game Night by Darcie Little Badger
• Look Away by Karina Iceberg
• Patent Red by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Braving the Storm by Kaua Māhoe Adams
• You Had One Job by Andrea L. Rogers
• Heart Berry by Cheryl Isaacs
• Momentum by Christine Hartman Derr
• I Love You, Grandson by Brian Young
• The Rest Will Come by K. A. Cobell
• Language Lesson by Jen Ferguson
• Hearts Aflutter by A. J. Eversole
• Love Buzz by Byron Graves
• Jilly Bean and Jessa Jean by Angeline Boulley
• Kathy’s Poem by David A. Robertson
• Open Mic at the Drive-In by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• A Note from Cynthia Leitich Smith, Author-Curator of Heartdrum
• Glossary
• Notes and Acknowledgments
• About the Contributors
• About the Author
• Books by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Copyright
• About the Publisher