TY  - BOOK
AU  - LaBoucane-Benson,Patti
AU  - Mellings,Kelly
TI  - The Outside Circle
SN  - 9781770899377 
U1  - GN LAB 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - House of Anansi Press
KW  - Ex-gang members
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Alberta
KW  - Canada
KW  - Healing circles
KW  - Prisons
KW  - Reconciliation
KW  - COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Indigenous
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Teen / young adult; Issued also in electronic format
N2  - In this important graphic novel, two Aboriginal brothers surrounded by poverty, drug abuse, and gang violence, try to overcome centuries of historic trauma in very different ways to bring about positive change in their lives.
Pete, a young Aboriginal man wrapped up in gang violence, lives with his younger brother, Joey, and his mother who is a heroin addict. One night, Pete and his mother’s boyfriend, Dennis, get into a big fight, which sends Dennis to the morgue and Pete to jail. Initially, Pete keeps up ties to his crew, until a jail brawl forces him to realize the negative influence he has become on Joey, which encourages him to begin a process of rehabilitation that includes traditional Aboriginal healing circles and ceremonies.
Powerful, courageous, and deeply moving, The Outside Circle is drawn from the author’s twenty years of work and research on healing and reconciliation of gang-affiliated or incarcerated Aboriginal men
ER  -