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Paperback. "A story readers are going to love. What a fun read." --Richard Van Camp, author of The Lesser Blessed and BeastWinner of Middle Grade Book of the Year at the 2025 Northern Lights Book Awards Winner of the 2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year A Calgary Public Library Best Book of the Year An Indigo Top Ten Kids' Book of 2025 Nominated for the 2027 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards Shortlisted for the 2026 IODE Violet Downey Book Award Shortlisted for the 2026-27 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award Shortlisted for the 2026 High Plains International Book Awards Nominated for the 2027 Forest of ReadingFrom the author of the Governor General's Award-shortlisted, Silver Birch Award finalist Mortified, a funny, heartfelt middle-grade novel about a young gamer who is sent to "touch grass" at a Dene First Nation culture campTristen would do anything to avoid going outside. The bugs sting, the snakes are poisonous, the heat will kill you if the cold doesn't, and bodies of water? Forget it. Tristen likes it best indoors, deep in his online world where it's safe, with his online friends. Something he has a hard time with IRL.But Tristen is in trouble at school again, and the principal is threatening to kick him out of this third school in two years. His mom believes the answer is to get Tristen off the games and in touch with nature and his Dene roots. This means Tristen has to spend a week at a culture camp in the wilderness. It's his worst nightmare!And at first it is a nightmare--no internet, no phone reception, no Bepsi!--and Tristen has no idea how to do any of the skills the other kids seem to do easily. But soon, with some surprising new friends, a few patient teachers and a little help from technology, Tristen begins to think he might be able to hack this nature stuff after all."I think it's so important for kids to see themselves in books, and our area isn't often included. I think kids from the North who read this will feel included. I think they will laugh when they read it. I sure did." --Ronelda Robillard, Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation, Treaty 10"I am Dene, and I come from an Athabasca Dene community. I endorse Touching Grass. This book, with its themes of resilience, survival and the importance of community, resonates deeply with the Saskatchewan community. . . . We would love kids everywhere to read it!" --Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth, Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation, Treaty 10 Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9781443472258
- Título
- Touching Grass (Paperback)
- Autor
- Kristy Jackson
- Editorial
- HarperCollins
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1443472255
- ISBN 13
- 9781443472258
- Ilustrador
- McGregor, Rhael
"A story readers are going to love. What a fun read." --Richard Van Camp, author of The Lesser Blessed and Beast
Winner of Middle Grade Book of the Year at the 2025 Northern Lights Book Awards Winner of the 2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year A Calgary Public Library Best Book of the Year An Indigo Top Ten Kids' Book of 2025 Nominated for the 2027 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards Shortlisted for the 2026 IODE Violet Downey Book Award Shortlisted for the 2026-27 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award Shortlisted for the 2026 High Plains International Book Awards Nominated for the 2027 Forest of Reading Nominated for the 2026-2027 Red Cedar Book Award for Fiction
From the author of the Governor General's Award-shortlisted, Silver Birch Award finalist Mortified, a funny, heartfelt middle-grade novel about a young gamer who is sent to "touch grass" at a Dene First Nation culture camp
Tristen would do anything to avoid going outside. The bugs sting, the snakes are poisonous, the heat will kill you if the cold doesn't, and bodies of water? Forget it. Tristen likes it best indoors, deep in his online world where it's safe, with his online friends. Something he has a hard time with IRL.
But Tristen is in trouble at school again, and the principal is threatening to kick him out of this third school in two years. His mom believes the answer is to get Tristen off the games and in touch with nature and his Dene roots. This means Tristen has to spend a week at a culture camp in the wilderness. It's his worst nightmare!
And at first it is a nightmare--no internet, no phone reception, no Bepsi!--and Tristen has no idea how to do any of the skills the other kids seem to do easily. But soon, with some surprising new friends, a few patient teachers and a little help from technology, Tristen begins to think he might be able to hack this nature stuff after all.
"I think it's so important for kids to see themselves in books, and our area isn't often included. I think kids from the North who read this will feel included. I think they will laugh when they read it. I sure did." --Ronelda Robillard, Hatchet Lake Denesųliné First Nation, Treaty 10
"I am Dene, and I come from an Athabasca Dene community. I endorse Touching Grass. This book, with its themes of resilience, survival and the importance of community, resonates deeply with the Saskatchewan community. . . . We would love kids everywhere to read it!" --Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth, Hatchet Lake Denesųliné First Nation, Treaty 10
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KRISTY JACKSON is the author of the Governor General's Award-shortlisted middle-grade novel Mortified. Her work draws inspiration from her Cree and German background and her long list of embarrassing moments. She is the mother of two boys and a communications professional who has spent many years working for Dene communities. Kristy runs a program that delivers books to children in seven remote Indigenous communities in Canada and volunteers for a non-profit dedicated to improving literacy in her community.
RHAEL MCGREGOR is a Métis and two-spirit/queer comic artist based in Winnipeg. Since 2018, Rhael has been passionately telling stories in which they hope all readers can see themselves. Their work includes illustrations and stories published by Iron Circus Comics, Quindrie Press, and HighWater Press, along with several self-published works. Rhael McGregor loves winter, sweet treats, and doing beadwork for family and friends.
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