Awards
- Joint winner of Best Books List 2022 (Canada)
Overview
Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass. Aimee, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts toPaayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aimee zones out, distracting themselves from the bullying and isolation they've experienced since expressing their non-binary identity. When Aimee accidentally wanders off, they are transported to an alternate dimension populated by traditional Anishinaabe figures in a story inspired by Alice in Wonderland. To gain the way back home, Aimee is called on to help Trickster by hunting down dark water spirits with guidance fromPaayehnsag. On their journey, Aimee faces off with the land-grabbing Queen and her robotic guards and fights the dark water spirits against increasingly stacked odds. Illustrated by KC Oster with a modern take on their own Ojibwe style and culturalrepresentation,Rabbit Chaseis a story of self-discovery, community, and finding one's place in the world.
Full Product Details
Author: Elizabeth Lapensee ,
KC Oster ,
Aarin Dokum
Publisher: Annick Press Ltd
Imprint: Annick Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781773216195
ISBN 10: 1773216198
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 19 May 2022
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Author Information
ELIZABETH LaPENSE, and more. KC OSTER (he/she/they) is an Ojibwe-Anishinaabe comic artist and illustrator. They live in the Rainy River District of Northwestern Ontario. Aarin Migiziins (Little Eagle) Dokumndizhinikaas, Wiikwemkoosing, Wiikwemkoong ndo njibaa. (My name is Aarin Dokum and my Nishinaabe noozwin/Anishinaabe name is Migiziins. I am from Wikwemkoosing, Wikwemikong Ontario, Canada.) Aarin was raised by his fluent Nishinaabemwin speaking family and community. He left home at an early age to live in Moosonee, Ontario, Canada and spent three years as a restaurant cook in an isolated Cree community. After a short return home to Wikwemikong, he moved to Lansing, Michigan where he has been living ever since. He shares Anishinaabemwin as a language consultant through Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center. He is grateful for fluent elders and active givers of what he considers the most important part of any culture-language.
