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She Holds Up the Stars

Sandra Laronde

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Annick Press

ISBN: 978-1-77321-066-7

Keywords: Native, Anishinaabe Canadian, horse training, grandparents

Twelve-year-old Misko, on the rez for vacation with her grandmother, protects a neighbor's abused horse and discovers connections to the land and her Ojibway roots. Glossary.