PreviewsWanda John-Kehewin
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Hopeless in Hope
Wanda John-Kehewin
Grade 9 is starting off rough for Eva – at home, her mother drinks and yells and leaves, and at school, mean girls taunt her and her former best friend ignores her. Only her writing, her love for her little brother, Marcus, and her caring nohkum make life bearable. But that all falls apart when her nohkum is hospitalized.
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Miya Wears Orange
Wanda John-Kehewin, Erika Rodriguez Medina (Illustrator)
This sensitive story tells how Miya, the only Indigenous student in her early years class, learns about residential schools – this knowledge awakens complicated feelings in her.
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Resurgence
Engaging With Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom
Katya Adamov Ferguson (Editor), Christine M’Lot (Editor), KC Adams, Sonya Ballantyne, Charlene Bearhead, Wilson Bearhead, Lisa Boivin, Rita Bouvier, Nicola I. Campbell, Sara Florence Davidson, Louise B. Halfe, Lucy Hemphill, Wanda John-Kehewin, Elizabeth LaPensee, Victoria McIntosh, Reanna Merasty, David A. Robertson, Russell Wallace, Christina Lavalley Ruddy
Experienced educators M’Lot and Ferguson support critical engagement with Indigenous poetry, art, and narratives, by collecting a variety of Indigenous voices and offering connections, sample activities, and additional resources for each text.
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Visions From the Fire
Wanda John-Kehewin, nicole marie burton (Illustrator)
This graphic novel for young adults follows Damon Quinn, who is able to see the traumatic memories of people he loves. He and his mom return to her home community for a powwow and Sweat Lodge and to reconnect with family, when Damon stumbles into a vision quest and discovers the family history that his mother had kept from him.
