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Availability:In StockContributor:Katherena Vermette, Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator), Donovan Yaciuk (Illustrator)Series:Girl Called EchoAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2021-04-27Pages:48
Language:EnglishPublisher:Highwater PressISBN-13:9781553799306ISBN-10:1553799305UPC:9781553799306Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, HistoricalBook Topic:Coming of Age, CanadaSize:9.76 x 0.10 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SC1T8GT9BW

In Road Allowance Era, Echo's story picks up again when she travels back in time to 1885.

The government has not fulfilled its promise of land for the Métis, and many flee to the Northwest. As part of the fallout from the Northwest Resistance, their advocate and champion Louis Riel is executed. As new legislation corrodes Métis land rights, and unscrupulous land speculators and swindlers take advantage, many Métis settle on road allowances and railway land, often on the fringes of urban centres.

For Echo, the plight of her family is apparent. Burnt out of their home in Ste. Madeleine, they make their way to Rooster Town, a shanty community on the southwest edges of Winnipeg. In this final instalment of her story, Echo is reminded of the strength and resilience of her people, forged through the loss and pain of the past, as she faces a triumphant future.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Highwater PressISBN-13:9781553799306ISBN-10:1553799305UPC:9781553799306Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, HistoricalBook Topic:Coming of Age, CanadaSize:9.76 x 0.10 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SC1T8GT9BW

katherena vermette (she/her/hers) is a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

In 2013, her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses' Company) won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. Since then, her work has garnered awards and critical accolades across genres. Her novels The Break (House of Anansi) and The Strangers (Hamish Hamilton) were both national best sellers and won multiple literary awards.

She is the author of numerous other bestselling titles, including the A Girl Called Echo series (HighWater Press) and the Seven Teachings Stories series (HighWater Press).

Scott B. Henderson (he/him/his) is author/artist of the sci-fi/fantasy comic The Chronicles of Era and has illustrated select titles in the Tales From Big Spirit series, as well as the A Girl Called Echo, The Reckoner Rises, and 7 Generations series. He is also the artist for AIYLA Honour Book Fire Starters, Eisner Award-nominee A Blanket of Butterflies, and select stories in This Place: 150 Years Retold. In 2016, he was the recipient of the C4 Central Canada Comic Con Storyteller Award. Find Scott on social media with @ouroboros09.


Publisher: Highwater Press

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