Surviving the City

Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up Indigenous in the city. However, when Dez’s grandmother becomes too sick to care for her, the threat of a group home looms, and Dez disappears. Will Dez’s community find her before it’s too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don’t?

About the author

New York Times–bestselling author Tasha Spillett, PhD, (she/her/hers) draws her strength from both her Inninew and Trinidadian bloodlines. She is a celebrated Afro-Indigenous educator, poet, and emerging scholar. Tasha is most heart-tied to contributing to community-led work that centres on land and water defence, and the protection of Indigenous women and girls. Her books include the award-winning graphic novel series Surviving the City and the celebrated children’s book, I Sang You Down from the Stars. @TashaSpillett

Summary

Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up Indigenous in the city. However, when Dez’s grandmother becomes too sick to care for her, the threat of a group home looms, and Dez disappears. Will Dez’s community find her before it’s too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don’t?

Product details

• Authors: TASHA SPILLETT
• Assisted by: Natasha Donovan (Illustration), Donovan Yaciuk (Illustration)
• Publisher: Portage & Main Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2019
• EAN: 9781553797562
• ISBN: 978-1-55379-756-2
• No. of pages: 56
• Dimensions: 255 mm x 165 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 160 g
• Illustrations: full-colour comic illustrations
• Series: SURVIVING THE CITY
• Subject: Children's and young people's books