How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice language materials and a bonus chapter from

and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up

Métis teenager Echo Desjardins is struggling to adjust to a new school and a new home

George Morrison

Her groundbreaking discernment of the process of composition of Native literature uncovers the epistemological basis of this literature

"' The result is a rousing testament to the power of storytelling

How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice language materials and a bonus chapter fromAfter his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive. This harrowing first person account of four nights spent on the open sea icewith few supplies and no watershows young readers the determination and strength necessary to survive in the harsh Arctic climate, even when the worst occurs.