Name: Red River Resistance
ISBN: 9781553797470

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

History in Motion

A time-slip narrative brings a young reader’s search for belonging alongside Métis history.

Come here for

Echo’s new home and shifting sense of belonging
Métis history through a young perspective

Expect

Movement between an ordinary classroom and 1869
Land, community, and uncertainty at the Red River

Book Details

Authors: Katherena Vermette
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Published: March 1, 2019
Format: Paperback
Theme: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Indigenous / Historical · Historical YA - Canada
Reading lane: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Indigenous / Historical

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Publisher Categories

YA Coming-of-Age Comics
Historical YA - Canada
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Indigenous / Historical

About This Book

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 ta...

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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.