Title supplied by publisher. Release date supplied by publisher. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. Previously released by HarperCollins. Read by Katie Anvil Rich.
Summary:
A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor--winning author Christine Day (Upper Skagit), about a girl whose hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow. In this warm hug of a novel, award-winning author Christine Day assures readers that even with all the very real problems they may face, they are worthy, their voices matter--and they belong. Today is a big day for Wesley. Her poem about Indigenous Peoples Day will be printed in the school newspaper--and she also has a plan to ask her crush, fellow gamer Ryan, to go with her to the school dance. But from the moment she boards the morning bus, Wesley's day starts to unravel. Between jittery emotions, unexpected encounters, and awkward conversations with her teachers, almost nothing about her day goes according to plan. Still, the day has even more surprises in store for Wesley when she attends an intertribal powwow, where she learns some truths that arent surprising at all. Including the truth that she is just as brave--and as loved--as she could dream.
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