Winner of the Indigenous Voices Award, alternate format and an In the Margins Top Fiction Novel for 2020 Tasha Spillett\'s graphic novel debut, Surviving the City , is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one.
Will Dez\'s community find her before it\'s too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don\'t?.
Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces.
With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can\'t bring herself to go home and disappears.
However, when Dez\'s grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can\'t stay with her anymore.
Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape - they\'re so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together.
Miikwan is Anishinaabe
Dez is Inninew.
Miikwan and Dez are best friends.
Winner of the Indigenous Voices Award, alternate format and an In the Margins Top Fiction Novel for 2020 Tasha Spillett\'s graphic novel debut, Surviving the City , is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one
