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Surviving The City
Surviving the City
Book Category:
Juvenile Fiction > General
Author:
Tasha Spillett
Illustrator::
Donovan, Natasha
ISBN 13:
9781553797562
Price:
CAD 19.95
Publication Year:
43525

Publisher Info

Synora Van Drine,

HighWater Press,
100-318 McDermot Ave.,
Winnipeg Manitoba - R3A 0A2,
Canada
Web: https://highwaterpress.com

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Book Description

Winner of the Indigenous Voices Award, alternate format and an In the Margins Top Fiction Novel for 2020Tasha Spillett's graphic novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape - they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with her anymore. With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can't bring herself to go home and disappears. Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces. Will Dez's community find her before it's too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don't?

 
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