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.
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.
Red River Resistance is the second graphic novel in the A Girl Called Echo series by Governor General’s Award–winning writer Katherena Vermette.
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) is a freelance illustrator, whose
reputation for cultural sensitivity and an openness to listen and
learn has garnered a large body of work in collaboration with
Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ communities. His work spans several
critically acclaimed graphic novels, including 7 Generations: A
Plains Cree Saga (Indigenous history & Residential Schools); A Girl
Called Echo series (Métis history); A Blanket of Butterflies (2016
Eisner Nomination); a short story in Marvel Voices: Pride #1
(2022); and the post-apocalypse graphic novel, Last Breeds (fall
2024). Scott is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. He resides in
Winnipeg with his partner.
Since 1998, Donovan Yaciuk (he/him/his) has coloured books
published by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse comics, and HighWater Press
including the A Girl Called Echo and The Reckoner Rises
series, as well as select stories in This Place: 150 Years
Retold. Donovan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the
University of Manitoba and began his career as a part of the
legendary, now-defunct Digital Chameleon colouring studio. He lives
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with his wife and two daughters.
This informative and captivating sequel to Pemmican Wars...
seamlessly brings readers back into Echo’s time-traveling
adventures as the teen travels to some of the most tumultuous
moments in Canadian Indigenous history.
*Booklist*
The more time I spend with this book, the more I appreciate the
author's and the illustrator's & colorist's craft...Recommended
*American Indians in Children's Literature*
The historical content of Red River Resistance offers a valuable
perspective on a critical event in western Canadian history.
Teachers of Social Studies and Canadian History will find it a
worthwhile supplemental resource, and adolescent readers who
connected with Echo in Pemmican Wars will be interested to see how
she is faring.
*CM Association*
Selected for The best Canadian comics of 2018
*CBC Books*
Selected for the Best Books for Kids & Teens reading
list
*The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC)*
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