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Where Wolves Don't Die
Anton Treuer
Illustrator: Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1-64614381-8
Keywords: Coming-of-Age-Native American, First Nations, Canada, reservations, residential boarding schools, masculinity, fire, accidental death, parental death, grandfather-grandson relationships, grandparents, trapping, hunting, racism, discrimination, romantic love, dogs, animal-human relationships, Anishinaabe
Ninth grader Ezra is wrongly suspected of murder and arson. His father sends him to the Canadian Ojibwe reservation for safety and to learn traditional skills from Grandpa Liam. Bold greyscale spot art.