Surviving the city / Tasha Spillett ; Natasha Donovan ; Lettering by Donovan Yaciuk ; Anishinaabemowin (Saulteaux) translation: Jerry Sumner.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Ojibwa Series: Debwe seriesPublisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : HighWater Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 54 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781553797562
- 1553797566
- 9781544446769
- 1544446764
- Surviving the city. Vol. 1 [Cover title]
- Indigenous youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Missing persons -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Runaway teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Ojibwa girls -- Fiction
- Cree girls -- Fiction
- Children of murder victims -- Fiction
- Winnipeg (Man.) -- Fiction
- Teenagers -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Canada -- Fiction
- Canada -- Fiction
- American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book, 2020
- Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten List, 2020
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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YA Book | Main Library | YA Graphic Novel | SPILLETT TASHA | Checked out | 05/28/2024 | 33111010392989 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54).
Translated into English from the original Anishinaabemowin (Saulteaux).
"Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, resilience, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan's 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? Colonialism and the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People are explored in Natasha Donovan's beautiful illustrations."-- Provided by publisher.
For ages 12 and above.
American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book, 2020
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten List, 2020