I Would Like to Say Thank You astronomy The American Indian Youth Literature

The American Indian Youth Literature and Morris Award-winning author of Rez Ball returns with the unforgettable story of a gifted young Ojibwe athlete learning to ride in his father's footsteps while practicing for a skateboarding championship

Using a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of the students

fell in love with the beautiful Hunku and begged the Great Spirit to turn him into a man

and ethically participate in projects involving Indigenous Peoples

Undeniably political

I Would Like to Say Thank You astronomy The American Indian Youth LiteratureNew poems from award winning storyteller and poet Joseph Dandurand. Building on his legacy as a skilled storyteller, Dandurand continues to write about trauma, love, grief and forgiveness. These poems are about the streets, the East Side, self pity, spirits and Dandurand's people, the Kwantlen. As the jury of the 2022 Latner Writers' Trust Award wrote, "his quotidian reflections read like parables, with startling economy." After putting this