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The spirit of Denendeh Volume 1 A blanket of butterflies

Van Camp, Richard (author.). Henderson, Scott B., (illustrator.). Yaciuk, Donovan, 1975- (colourist.).

No one knows how a suit of samurai armour ended up in the Fort Smith museum. When a mysterious stranger turns up to claim it, Sonny, a young Tłı̨chǫ Dene boy, is eager to help. Shinobu has travelled to Fort Smith, NWT, to reclaim his grandfather's samurai sword and armour. But when he discovers that the sword was lost in a poker game, he must confront the man known as Benny the Bank. Along the way, Shinobu must rely on unlikely heroes--Sonny, his grandmother, and a visitor from the spirit world. Together, they face Benny and his men, including the giant they call Flinch. Will Shinobu be able to regain the lost sword and, with it, his family's honour? Can Sonny and his grandmother help Shinobu while keeping the peace in their community? Now in full-colour, this new edition includes additional background information and cultural context. Learn about the real-life inspiration behind the story and the intersections between Indigenous and Japanese-Canadian experiences during the Second World War

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  • ISBN: 9781774920404
  • ISBN: 1774920409
  • ISBN: 9781668867648
  • ISBN: 1668867648
  • Physical Description print
    45 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher Winnipeg, Manitoba : HighWater Press, [2022]

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General Note:
Originally published as A Blanket of Butterflies in 2015.
Target Audience Note:
HL510L Lexile
Decoding demand: 66 (high) Semantic demand: 81 (very high) Syntactic demand: 56 (medium) Structure demand: 85 (very high) Lexile