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From the Roots Up

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Dez’s grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, they’re living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship and coming into their iden...
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  • 27 October 2020
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Dez’s grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, they’re living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship and coming into their identity as a Two-Spirit person.

Miikwan is crushing on the school’s new kid Riel, but doesn’t really understand what Dez is going through. Will she learn how to be a supportive ally to her best friend?

Elder Geraldine is doing her best to be supportive, but she doesn’t know how to respond when the gendered protocols she’s grown up with are being thrown into question.

Will Dez be comfortable expressing their full identity? And will their community relearn the teachings and overcome prejudice to celebrate them for who they are?

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Price: $18.95
Pages: 64
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Imprint: HighWater Press
Series: Surviving the City
Publication Date: 27 October 2020
Trim Size: 10.00 X 6.50 in
ISBN: 9781553798989
Format: Paperback
BISACs: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Indigenous / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / LGBTQ+, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity, American style / tradition comic books, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
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