Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This chapter considers the particular significance of Indigenous young adult (YA) fiction within the realm of what Uma Krishnaswami terms intersectional “prism books.” It applies and expands Krishnaswami’s conceptual framework as it analyzes four Indigenous YA novels, beginning with Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Hearts Unbroken. That novel’s nuanced prism work in the realm of representation opens meta-insights that resonate across our study. The chapter then explores Indigenous resistance, rematriation, and resurgence in relation to a character’s own prismic self-expression in Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth. Next, it considers the prismic role that story and language play in visibilizing Indigenous history and futurity in The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. Finally, the chapter examines how the publishing contexts for Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter affected this popular prism book, and how the novel illuminates some of the most pressing issues faced by Indigenous communities for a wide readership, opening new paths for the future of Indigenous YA.</jats:p>