Results for: katherena vermette

Below is a list of 14 the books by this author.

Book cover of BREAK
BREAK
By: katherena vermette | Published: September 2016

2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Literature Finalist Winner, Amazon.ca First Novel Award Winner, Margaret Laurence Award...

2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Literature Finalist Winner, Amazon.ca First Novel Award Winner, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction Winner, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Winner, McNally Robinson Book of the Year A Canada Reads 2017 finalist National Bestseller 2016 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist 2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist National Post 99 Best Books of the Year CBC Best Canadian Debut Novels 2016 Globe and Mail Best 100 Books of 2016 Quill & Quire Book of the Year Kobo Best Books of the Year Walrus Magazine The Best Books of 2016 49th Shelf Books of the Year When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break - a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Through their various perspectives a larger, more comprehensive story about lives of the residents in Winnipeg's North End is exposed. A powerful intergenerational family saga, The Break showcases Vermette's abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781487001117
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Adult Fiction
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Book cover of CIRCLE
CIRCLE
By: katherena vermette | Published: September 2023

“The Circle is a polyphonic masterpiece.” —Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author...

“The Circle is a polyphonic masterpiece.” —Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant and unwavering epic told from a constellation of Métis voices that consider the fallout when the person who connects them all goes missing The concept was simple. You sit a bunch of people in a circle—everyone who hurt, everyone who got hurt, all affected—and let them share. Some people, it helped them heal, for sure. Others went in angry and left a different kind of angry. Learned how the blame belonged on the system, the history, the colonizer, the big things that were harder to change than one bad person. The day that Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally come: her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison. The effect of Phoenix’s release cascades through the community. M, the young girl whom she assaulted, is triggered by the news. Her mother, Paulina, is worried and her cousin is angry—all feel the threat of Phoenix’s release. When Phoenix is seen lingering outside the school to catch a glimpse of her son, Sparrow, the police get a call to file a report—but the next thing they know, she has disappeared. Amid accusations and plots for revenge, past grievances become a poor guide in a moment of danger, and the clumsy armature of law enforcement is no match for the community. Cedar and her and Phoenix’s mother, Elsie, continue down different paths of healing, while everyone in their lives form a circle around the chaos, the calm within the storm, and the beauty in the darkness. Fierce, heartbreaking, and profound, Vermette’s The Circle is the third and final companion novel to her bestsellers The Break and The Strangers. Told from various perspectives, with an unforgettable voice for each chapter, the novel is masterfully structured as a Restorative Justice Circle where all gather—both the victimized and the accused—to take account of a crime that has altered the course of their lives. It considers what it means to be abandoned by the very systems that claim to offer support, how it feels to gain a sense of belonging, and the unanticipated cost of protecting those you love most.

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9780735239654
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Adult Fiction
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Book cover of ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 01
ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 01
By: katherena vermette | Published: October 2021

Echo Desjardins est une métisse de 13 ans qui habite Winnipeg, au Manitoba. L'adolescente solitaire, qui vit loin de sa mère, a du mal à...

Echo Desjardins est une métisse de 13 ans qui habite Winnipeg, au Manitoba. L'adolescente solitaire, qui vit loin de sa mère, a du mal à s'intégrer à sa nouvelle école. Un jour, lors d'un cours d'histoire donné par monsieur Bee sur la vie des autochtones au début du XIXe siècle, Echo se transporte dans le passé, jusqu'à devenir témoin privilégié de sa propre histoire, l'histoire méconnue des Métis du Canada. Elle s'appelle Echo est une série à dimension humaine, qui à travers la recherche d'identité d'une jeune Métisse, permet de découvrir ces descendants d'Européens et Autochtones qui se sont battus, et sacrifiés, pour écrire une page importante de l'histoire du Canada. Tome 1 : La guerre du Pemmican : Après avoir vu des Métis chasser des troupeaux de bisons et sympathisé avec Marie dans un camp de chasse, Echo découvre avec horreur la guerre sans merci que se livrent la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson et de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest. Au fil des jours, elle comprend à quel point ses ancêtres en souffrent, et elle décide d'en savoir plus…

Theme: Indigenous, Foster Care, Time Travel

  • ISBN
    9782924997260
  • Binding
    Paperback French
  • Category
    French Graphic Novel K-8
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Book cover of ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 02
ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 02
By: katherena vermette | Published: November 2021

Echo Desjardins est une métisse de 13 ans qui habite Winnipeg, au Manitoba. L’adolescente solitaire, qui vit loin de sa mère, a du mal à...

Echo Desjardins est une métisse de 13 ans qui habite Winnipeg, au Manitoba. L’adolescente solitaire, qui vit loin de sa mère, a du mal à s’intégrer à sa nouvelle école. Un jour, lors d’un cours d’histoire donné par monsieur Bee sur la vie des autochtones au début du XIXe siècle, Echo se transporte dans le passé, jusqu’à devenir témoin privilégié de sa propre histoire, l’histoire méconnue des Métis du Canada. Elle s’appelle Echo est une série à dimension humaine, qui à travers la recherche d’identité d’une jeune Métisse, permet de découvrir ces descendants d’Européens et Autochtones qui se sont battus, et sacrifiés, pour écrire une page importante de l’histoire du Canada.

Theme: Indigenous, Foster Care

  • ISBN
    9782924997277
  • Binding
    Paperback French
  • Category
    French Graphic Novel K-8
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Book cover of ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 03
ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 03
By: katherena vermette | Published: February 2022

Echo Desjardins est une métisse de 13 ans qui habite Winnipeg, au Manitoba. L’adolescente solitaire, qui vit loin de sa mère, a du mal à...

Echo Desjardins est une métisse de 13 ans qui habite Winnipeg, au Manitoba. L’adolescente solitaire, qui vit loin de sa mère, a du mal à s’intégrer à sa nouvelle école. Un jour, lors d’un cours d’histoire donné par monsieur Bee sur la vie des autochtones au début du XIXe siècle, Echo se transporte dans le passé, jusqu’à devenir témoin privilégié de sa propre histoire, l’histoire méconnue des Métis du Canada. Elle s’appelle Echo est une série à dimension humaine, qui à travers la recherche d’identité d’une jeune Métisse, permet de découvrir ces descendants d’Européens et Autochtones qui se sont battus, et sacrifiés, pour écrire une page importante de l’histoire du Canada. Tome 3 : La résistance du Nord-Ouest : Peu à peu, Écho s’intègre à sa nouvelle vie, mais lorsqu’elle retourne dans le passé de son peuple, elle découvre que 1885 est une ère de grands bouleversements. Les bisons ont disparu alors que les colons de l’Est arrivent quotidiennement. Les Métis font face à la faim et à l’incertitude alors que leur mode de vie traditionnel est menacé. Le gouvernement canadien ignore leurs pétitions, mais l’espoir renaît lorsque Louis Riel revient pour les aider…

Theme: Foster Care, Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9782924997284
  • Binding
    Paperback French
  • Category
    French Graphic Novel K-8
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Book cover of ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 04
ELLE S'APPELLE ECHO 04
By: katherena vermette | Published: April 2022

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9782924997291
  • Binding
    Paperback French
  • Category
    French Graphic Novel K-8
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Book cover of GIRL & THE WOLF
GIRL & THE WOLF
By: katherena vermette | Published: February 2019

While picking berries with her mother, a little girl wanders too far into the woods. When she realizes she is lost, she begins to panic. A large grey...

While picking berries with her mother, a little girl wanders too far into the woods. When she realizes she is lost, she begins to panic. A large grey wolf makes a sudden appearance between some distant trees. Using his sense of smell, he determines where she came from and decides to help her. Through a series of questions from the wolf, the little girl realizes she had the knowledge and skill to navigate herself—she just needed to remember that those abilities were there all along.

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781926886541
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Picture Book
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Book cover of GIRL CALLED ECHO 01 PEMMICAN WARS
GIRL CALLED ECHO 01 PEMMICAN WARS
By: katherena vermette | Published: November 2017

A time-traveling adventure starring a young Métis girl. Echo Desjardins, a thirteen-year-old Métis girl, is struggling with feelings of loneliness...

A time-traveling adventure starring a young Métis girl. Echo Desjardins, a thirteen-year-old Métis girl, is struggling with feelings of loneliness while attending a new school and living with a new foster family. 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. 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 era of the pemmican wars.

Theme: Foster Care, Time Travel

  • ISBN
    9781553796787
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Graphic Novel Children's
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Book cover of GIRL CALLED ECHO 02 RED RIVER RESISTANCE
GIRL CALLED ECHO 02 RED RIVER RESISTANCE
By: katherena vermette | Published: November 2018

Echo Desjardins is adjusting to her new home, finding friends, and learning about Métis history. She just can't stop slipping back and forth...

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.

Theme: Foster Care, Time Travel

  • ISBN
    9781553797470
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Graphic Novel Children's
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GIRL CALLED ECHO 03 NORTHWEST RESISTANCE
By: katherena vermette | Published: February 2020

Northwest Resistance is volume three in the graphic novel series, A Girl Called Echo, by Katherena Vermette, a Governor General Award-winning writer...

Northwest Resistance is volume three in the graphic novel series, A Girl Called Echo, by Katherena Vermette, a Governor General Award-winning writer and author of The Seven Teaching Stories (HighWater Press).

Theme: Foster Care

  • ISBN
    9781553798316
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Graphic Novel Children's
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Book cover of GIRL CALLED ECHO 04 ROAD ALLOWANCE ERA
GIRL CALLED ECHO 04 ROAD ALLOWANCE ERA
By: katherena vermette | Published: April 2021

A teenage girl travels back and forth through time on the Canadian Prairies.

  • ISBN
    9781553799306
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Graphic Novel Children's
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GIRL CALLED ECHO OMNIBUS
By: katherena vermette | Published: September 2023

Métis teenager Echo Desjardins is adjusting to a new school and a new home when she is pulled into a time-travelling adventure. Follow Echo as...

Métis teenager Echo Desjardins is adjusting to a new school and a new home when she is pulled into a time-travelling adventure. Follow Echo as she experiences pivotal events from Métis history and imagines what the future might hold. This omnibus edition includes all four volumes in Katherena Vermette's A Girl Called Echo series.

  • ISBN
    9781774920886
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Graphic Novel Children's
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Book cover of POWWOW COUNTING IN CREE TEACHER'S GUIDE
POWWOW COUNTING IN CREE TEACHER'S GUIDE
By: katherena vermette | Published: November 2017

This counting book introduces Cree numbers, from one to ten, featuring powwow imagery that reflects the rich culture and tradition of the Cree...

This counting book introduces Cree numbers, from one to ten, featuring powwow imagery that reflects the rich culture and tradition of the Cree people.

  • ISBN
    9781553795087
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Teacher / Parent Resources
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$9.95
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Book cover of TEACHERS GUIDE FOR GIRL CALLED ECHO
TEACHERS GUIDE FOR GIRL CALLED ECHO
By: katherena vermette | Published: September 2021

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781774920190
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Teacher / Parent Resources
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$25.95
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