Below is a list of 13 the books by this author.
“The Circle is a polyphonic masterpiece.” —Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author... [Read More]
“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
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... [Read More]
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
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... [Read More]
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
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... [Read More]
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
Theme: Indigenous
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... [Read More]
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
A time-traveling adventure starring a young Métis girl. Echo Desjardins, a thirteen-year-old Métis girl, is struggling with feelings of loneliness... [Read More]
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
Echo Desjardins is adjusting to her new home, finding friends, and learning about Métis history. She just can't stop slipping back and forth... [Read More]
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
Northwest Resistance is volume three in the graphic novel series, A Girl Called Echo, by Katherena Vermette, a Governor General Award-winning writer... [Read More]
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
A teenage girl travels back and forth through time on the Canadian Prairies.
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... [Read More]
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.
This counting book introduces Cree numbers, from one to ten, featuring powwow imagery that reflects the rich culture and tradition of the Cree... [Read More]
This counting book introduces Cree numbers, from one to ten, featuring powwow imagery that reflects the rich culture and tradition of the Cree people.
Theme: Indigenous