If I Go Missing /
Jonnie, Brianna, author.
If I Go Missing / Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose; art by Nshannacappo. - Toronto : Lorimer, 2019. - 64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
A graphic novel about the subject of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Combining fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel looks into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by fourteen-year-old Brianna Jonnie--a letter that went viral and in which, Jonnie calls out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate and involve the public in the search for missing Indigenous people, and urges them to "not treat me as the Indigenous person I am proud to be" if she were to be reported missing.
Teen / young adult.
Red Maple Award official selection, 2021
9781459414518
20190130695
Indigenous youth--Graphic novels
Indigenous peoples--Crimes against--Canada--Graphic novels
Missing persons--Graphic novels
FICTION / Indigenous.
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Contemporary Women.
Authors, Canadian.
GN JON
If I Go Missing / Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose; art by Nshannacappo. - Toronto : Lorimer, 2019. - 64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
A graphic novel about the subject of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Combining fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel looks into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by fourteen-year-old Brianna Jonnie--a letter that went viral and in which, Jonnie calls out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate and involve the public in the search for missing Indigenous people, and urges them to "not treat me as the Indigenous person I am proud to be" if she were to be reported missing.
Teen / young adult.
Red Maple Award official selection, 2021
9781459414518
20190130695
Indigenous youth--Graphic novels
Indigenous peoples--Crimes against--Canada--Graphic novels
Missing persons--Graphic novels
FICTION / Indigenous.
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Contemporary Women.
Authors, Canadian.
GN JON