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all three individuals hoped to benefit their own communities by engaging with the new arrivals

and goading him into a destructive

the path to wisdom

and humility are all shown to us by grandfather rocks

Dina Gilio-Whitaker's As Long as Grass Grows makes these connections

Surviving the City standing rock all three individuals hoped toTasha Spillett's graphic novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with her