num_pages: 192
description: A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canadas most revered and bestselling authors. On a trip to visit his older sister who has moved away from the family home on the reserve to Salt Lake City a young boy and his mother are posed a simple question with a not-so-simple answer. Are you Canadian the border guards ask or American? Blackfoot. And when border guards will not accept their citizenship mother and son wind up trapped in an all-too-real limbo between nations that do not recognize who they are. A powerful graphic-novel adaptation of one of Thomas Kings most celebrated short stories Borders explores themes of identity and belonging and is a poignant depiction of the significance of a nations physical borders from an Indigenous perspective. This timeless story is brought to vibrant piercing life by the singular vision of artist Natasha Donovan.
language: English
title: Borders
publisher: None