Description
A People Magazine Best Book
★ "The thematic and literary richness of this story is exhilarating."-- Horn Book, starred review★ "An important and accessible modern tale."-- School Library Journal, starred review From celebrated Indigenous author Thomas King and award-winning Métis artist Natasha Donovan comes a powerful graphic novel about a family caught between nations.
Borders is a masterfully told story of a boy and his mother whose road trip is thwarted at the border when they identify their citizenship as Blackfoot. Refusing to identify as either American or Canadian first bars their entry into the US, and then their return into Canada. In the limbo between countries, they find power in their connection to their identity and to each other.
Borders explores nationhood from an Indigenous perspective and resonates deeply with themes of identity, justice, and belonging.
Author: Thomas King
Publisher: Little, Brown Ink
Published: 01/18/2022
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780316593052
ISBN10: 0316593052
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & M
- Juvenile Fiction | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
About the Author
Thomas King has written several highly acclaimed children's books including A Coyote Solstice Tale (illustrated by Gary Clement) which won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award for Best Picture Book and A Coyote Columbus Story (illustrated by Kent Monkman) which was a Governor General's Award finalist. King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent and was born in California, was chair of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota before moving to University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He recently won a Governor General's Award for his adult novel, The Back of the Turtle; he won both the BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction and the RBC Taylor Prize for The Inconvenient Indian.