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Comic and Graphic Books. Historical Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: 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 placeâ??a bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairieâ??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 Awardâ??winning writer, and author of Highwater Press' The Seven Teaching Stories, Katherena V… (more)
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I wanted more. I wanted so much more because I LOVE Echo already.
I love the subtle queer inclusion and representation, I love how easily this comic reads. I really like the art style and colouring / inks (some people here don't
Echo's character just leapt off the page for me, and I wanted to know more about her. There were so many little details to her character that I just fell in love with.
I liked the artist's attention to detail -- Echo's braids vs. Marie's braids and the poster of The Break by Katherena Vermette in the classroom.
This could be such an interesting teaching tool in a middle school or high school setting.
Gimme more. I need it. D:
For instance I now know that pemmican is a paste made of bison meat and berries that can be stored for years, helpful for getting through a long Canadian winter -- a precious commodity in 1814.
Ends with a timeline synopsis of the Pemmican Wars, a recipe for pemmicann, and a short song by a Metis poet about this time.