Pemmican Wars -- Katherena Vermette, Paperback
Echo Desjardins, a 13-year-old Métis girl adjusting to a new home and school, is struggling with loneliness while separated from her mother. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary, and Echo's life will never be the same. During Mr. Bee's lecture, Echo finds herself transported to another time and place--a bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie--and back again to the present. In the following weeks, Echo slips back and forth in time. She visits a Métis camp, travels the old fur-trade routes, and experiences the perilous and bygone era of the Pemmican Wars.
Pemmican Wars is the first graphic novel in a new series, A Girl Called Echo, by Governor General Award-winning writer, and author of Highwater Press' The Seven Teaching Stories, Katherena Vermette.
Author: Katherena Vermette
Publisher: Highwater Press
Published: 03/01/2018
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.30w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781553796787
Audience: Young Adult
Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 125
Booklist 03/15/2018 pg. 31
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 05/07/2018
About the Author
Katherena Vermette is a Métis writer of poetry, fiction, and children's literature. Her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses' Company) won the 2013 Governor General Literary Award for Poetry. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in several literary magazines and anthologies, including Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water. Her first novel The Break is a National Bestseller and a 2016 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia, and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.