Red River Resistance

time travel, Métis, Canadian history

About the author

katherena vermette (she/her/hers) is a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

In 2013, her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses' Company) won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. Since then, her work has garnered awards and critical accolades across genres. Her novels The Break (House of Anansi) and The Strangers (Hamish Hamilton) were both national best sellers and won multiple literary awards.

She is the author of numerous other bestselling titles, including the A Girl Called Echo series (HighWater Press) and the Seven Teachings Stories series (HighWater Press).

Summary

Echo Desjardins is adjusting to her new home, finding friends, and learning about Métis history. She just can’t stop slipping back and forth in time. One ordinary afternoon in class, Echo finds herself transported to the banks of the Red River in the summer of 1869. All is not well in the territory as Canadian surveyors have arrived to change the face of territory, and Métis families, who have lived there for generations, are losing access to their land. As the Resistance takes hold, Echo fears for her friends and the future of her people in the Red River Valley.

Foreword

Red River Resistance is the second graphic novel in the A Girl Called Echo series by Governor General’s Award–winning writer Katherena Vermette.

Product details

• Authors: Katherena Vermette
• Assisted by: Scott B Henderson (Illustration), Scott B. Henderson (Illustration), Donovan Yaciuk (Illustration)
• Publisher: Portage & Main Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781553797470
• ISBN: 978-1-55379-747-0
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 250 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 141 g
• Series: Girl Called Echo; Girl Called Echo
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Kanada, Young Adult Graphic Novels, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / Aboriginal & Indigenous, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Canada, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure