{"product_id":"visions-of-the-crow-paperback","title":"Visions of the Crow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWanda John-Kehewin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicole Marie Burton\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eKielamel Sibal\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Your ancestors have called us to help you.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I think y'all have the wrong number.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Damon Quinn just wants to get through his senior year unscathed. His mom struggles with alcohol and is barely coping with the day-to-day. Marcus and his cronies at school are forever causing Damon trouble. The new girl, Journey, won't mind her own business. To make matters worse, now a mysterious crow is following him everywhere. After he is seized by a waking dream in the middle of a busy street, Damon is forced to confront his mom with some hard questions: Why haven't I met my dad? Where did we come from? Who am I? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Damon must look within himself, mend the bond with his mother, and rely on new friends to find the answers he so desperately needs. Travelling through time and space, Damon will have to go back before he can move forward. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWanda John-Kehewin\u003c\/b\u003e (she, her, hers) is a Cree writer who uses her work to understand and respond to the near destruction of First Nations cultures, languages, and traditions. When she first arrived in Vancouver on a Greyhound bus, she was a nineteen-year-old carrying her first child, a bag of chips, a bottle of pop, thirty dollars, and a bit of hope. After many years of travelling (well, mostly stumbling) along her healing journey, she shares her personal life experiences with others to shed light on the effects of trauma and how to break free from the \"monkeys in the brain.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Now a published poet, fiction author, and film scriptwriter, she writes to stand in her truth and to share that truth openly. She is the author of the Dreams series of graphic novels. \u003ci\u003eHopeless in Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel for young adults. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Wanda is the mother of five children, two dogs, two cats, three tiger barbs (fish), and grandmother to one super-cute granddog. She calls Coquitlam home until the summertime, when she treks to the Alberta prairies to visit family and learn more about herself and Cree culture, as well as to continuously think and write about what it means to be Indigenous in today's times. How do we heal from a place of forgiveness? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003enicole marie burton\u003c\/b\u003e (she, they) is a comics artist and children's book illustrator living on unceded Algonquin land. Born in the US and now based in Ontario, she is a founding member of the Ad Astra Comix publishing collective. nicole's work focuses on comics with social justice themes, including topics from Canadian history to the science of climate change. Her published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Beast: Making a Living on a Dying Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Walked Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, and a chapter in the anthology \u003ci\u003eDrawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170464010375,"sku":"9781774920459","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cb41ef9ae642bf5445bf4e95ff689594.webp?v=1733348391","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/visions-of-the-crow-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}