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Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"An extraordinary book that celebrates skateboarding, family, and community. Every day, a little boy watches kids pass by on skateboards, and dreams of joining them. One day, his mother brings a surprise: her old skateboard, just for him! Haw êkwa! Let's go! Together, they practice on the sidewalk, at the park, in Auntie's yard--everywhere. But when it comes time to try the skatepark, the skateboarders crash down like a waterfall. Can he find the...
3) Stolen words
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Two young Cree snipers are plunged into the horror of the First World War, where the enemy is so close that one could smell him. A beautifully written and haunting story of survival and innocence shattered, of friendship, death, redemption, and love of the land.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief. A Minor Chorus introduces the dazzling literary voice of a Lambda Literary Award winner and Canadian #1 national best-selling poet to the United States, shining much-needed light on the realities of Indigenous survival"-- Provided by publisher.
In Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
8) Creeboy
Author
Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Set in the 2000s on the fictional reserve of Ṕ-ko-sey-i-mo-min, 16-year-old Josh "Creeboy" navigates the world of Indigenous gang life. His dad, the leader of one of the gangs on his reserve, is in jail, and his older brother Darion has taken his place. Josh is unsure whether gang life is for him -- that is until Darion is killed during a run-in with a rival gang. Angry, hurt and frustrated by systemic racism against Indigenous peoples, Josh, now...