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Seventh-grader Lewis “Shoe” Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites—and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.

“As young Awâsis searches for the ingredients to make Kohkum’s world-famous bannock recipe, they run into a variety of other-than-human relatives that help them along in their journey. Includes a pronunciation guide and Kohkum’s world-famous bannock recipe at the back of the book.”–

When two red foxes have an argument that breaks apart their community, a gentle buffalo takes a braid of sweetgrass to a local Elder and asks her to help with a sharing circle for all the animals.

Misaabe tells stories and tries to pass them off as the truth. When his mother finds out, she tries to show him his life isn’t so bad.

An important story about truth.

“Ma’iingan knows she is a very good singer. Conflict erupts when her little sister wants to sing just like her”–From page 4 of cover.

A lesson in conquering your fears for young readers.

An Anishinaabe girl asks the wisest people she knows what respect means. Through their responses, Kode learns about the many ways we show respect for other people, for the environment, and for ourselves. A pronunciation guide for the Anishnaabemowin words can be found at the back of the book.

A story of Indigenous language preservation and the important practice of intergenerational knowledge transfer.