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Wanda John-Kehewin (she/her/hers) is a Cree writer who uses her work to understand and respond to the near destruction of First Nations cultures, languages, and traditions. When she first arrived in Vancouver on a Greyhound bus, she was a pregnant nineteen-year-old carrying little more than a bag of chips, a bottle of pop, thirty dollars, and hope. After many years travelling (well, mostly stumbling) along her healing journey, she now writes to stand in her truth and to share that truth openly. A published poet and fiction author, her first novel for young adults, Hopeless in Hope, won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize and was named to USBBY’s Outstanding International Books list. Erika Rodriguez Medina (she/her) is a Mexican book publicist and illustrator, currently living and working in Vancouver, BC. Her favorite things to illustrate are angry kids, energetic characters, nature and space. There is a special place in her heart for folklore, spooky stories, big house plants, and things you’d find at a grandma’s house.
The book showcases healthy coping strategies and ends with a call to action... This message shines brightest in the text. A solid choice for schools and libraries seeking a tie-in to programs on residential schools or the national Day for Truth and Reconciliation. -- ""School Library Journal""
