A Blanket of Butterflies

by Richard Van Camp

Paperback

Status

Available

Call number

FIC VAN

Call number

FIC VAN

Description

Comic and Graphic Books. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: No one knows how a suit of samurai armour ended up in the Fort Smith museum. When a mysterious stranger turns up to claim it, Sonny, a young TÅ?ı̨chÇ« Dene boy, is eager to help. Shinobu has travelled to Fort Smith, NWT, to reclaim his grandfather's samurai sword and armour. But when he discovers that the sword was lost in a poker game, he must confront the man known as Benny the Bank. Along the way, Shinobu must rely on unlikely heroesâ??Sonny, his grandmother, and a visitor from the spirit world. Together, they face Benny and his men, including the giant they call Flinch. Will Shinobu be able to regain the lost sword and, with it, his family's honour? Can Sonny and his grandmother help Shinobu while keeping the peace in their community? Now in full colour, this new edition includes additional background information and cultural context. Learn about the real-life inspiration behind the story and the intersections between Indigenous and Japanese Canadian experiences during the Second Worl… (more)

Publication

, Edition: 2

Original publication date

2015

Original language

English

Language

User reviews

LibraryThing member villemezbrown
A Japanese man travels to the Northwest Territories of Canada in search of some family heirlooms. When he finds that one item has fallen into the hands of a local crime figure, it seems the story is going to be a straight-up action piece, but it has something richer in store with an ending that
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touches on the beliefs of the Dene people and hit me right in all the feels.
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ISBN

1774920409 / 9781774920404
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