This was such a fun and heartfelt read! Legendary Fry Bread Drive-In serves up a unique mix of humor, community, and a touch of nostalgia, all centered around a beloved fry bread food truck turned drive-in. The story captures the beauty of family, tradition, and perseverance, with characters that are full of life and charm.

Wow! What a fantastic collection of stories! First of all, to have one book with writings of Angeline Boulley, K.A. Cobell, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Byron -Graves all in one set ... amazing! The common setting of the Legendary Frybread Drive-In is brilliant and well done. I found myself going back to certain stories again and again. Culturally accurate and appropriate. Loved it!

Cynthia Leitich Smith has curated a remarkable collection of short stories by Indigenous authors. Each story follows a teen (or multiple teens) finding themselves at Sandy June's Legendary Frybread Drive-In, a magical space that shows up whenever the characters need it the most.

The anthology is wonderfully diverse from the types of teens, elders, and experiences shown. I loved reading the different stories and can't wait to read more from all the authors in the anthology! A must read, and you'll be left wanting frybread.

"Legendary Frybread Drive-In" is a collection of stories by Indigenous authors all tied to an Indigenous run drive-in restaurant that sells fry bread and other food. Each story is a standalone, but when read all together, you get an idea of what a magical place Sandy June's Drive-In is. All of the stories have a lot of heart and will appeal to readers looking for a warm place to land. The end of the book has biographies for all of the authors, as well as a glossary for words in the different languages. A must-buy for all middle grade fiction collections.

Legendary Frybread Drive-in is a collection of stories by many different authors centering around Sandy June's Legendary Frybread Drive-in, which doles out frybread along with good advice for those who are able to find it. This is a wonderful mix of Native stories and I recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about many different aspects of Native life and problems.

I absolutely adored this collection of stories. Normally I am not the biggest anthology fan but something about this set felt like coming home. The overall theme throughout the story was so comforting and informative. I’ve going to rave about this book as much as possible to get as many people to read it.

Cynthia Leitich Smith has put together an all star team of Indigenous authors and the result is this spectacular book of YA short stories! Just like her anthology for middle grade readers, Ancestor Approved, the stories in this book have main characters from one story that make appearances in the others. (I love that!!) All of the stories center around Sandy June's Legendary Frybread Drive-In, which appears where and when each of the Native teens needs it. Populated with legendary grandparents, Sandy June's gives each teen exactly what they need to sort out difficulties they are having. Many of the characters in the short stories have appeared in their author's longer work. This masterpiece belongs in every high school library. Highly recommended for grades 8 & up.

This one wasn't for me, but I think it absolutely would be right up the street of other folks, particularly young folks. I felt just too divorced from the content and interests of the young people in the book to feel much connection and found I resonated most with the occasional older adult characters (aunties, mothers, and grandmothers). Turns out I'm officially old. xD. We'll be buying this for our library all the same as well as promoting it through our student book clubs.

I really enjoyed Ancestor Approved, so I was really looking forward to this one. However, once I started it, I just wasn't feeling it, so for now, I am putting it down but may come back to it later when I'm in a different reading mood.

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I actually hate anthologies, I try so hard but I’ve never met an anthology I liked. UNTIL NOW. I genuinely loved this, I laughed, I cried, I learned. I will be honest that I started out feeling frustrated and overwhelmed but once I started to imagine Sandy June’s as the main character, everything clicked and flowed for me after. I’m purposefully not discussing the stories because they really are just something you need to read and experience for yourself but what I will say is Game Night by Darcie Little Badger was my hands down favorite. Now I need a full novel about Indigenous friends playing DnD.

Thanks to NetGalley, the authors, and the publisher for this eARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

This was a beautifully done collection of stories and worked with each of the stories being collected. The theme worked overall and was enjoying the world that was created and how everything was interconnected. I was engaged with the characters and glad I got to read this.

Could barely out it down, such a good read. I will definitely suggest it to everyone. I felt like I was there in the story.