HighWater Press

Introduce young readers to the legacy of residential schools with this uplifting story of hope and reclamation. Amik loves going to school, but when he shares this with his grandfather, he finds out...

Author: Dallas HuntPublisher: HighWater PressPublication Date: Mar 01, 2019Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1553797795ISBN-13: 9781553797791

Chase's identity should be simple. He's the goalie for his hockey team. He's Kookum's grandchild. He's a boy. He should like girls. But it's not that easy. With the help of an Elder, and a Two-Spirit...

This graphic novel for teen readers examines the importance of truth.Author: Jen Storm, Scott B. HendersonPublisher: HighWater PressPublication Date: Dec 01, 2016Number of Pages: 56 pagesLanguage:...

In this sequel to Surviving the City, Dez is grieving her grandmother's death. With nowhere else to go, she's living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating her identity as a...

Cole and Eva are reunited once more. A new terror looms as Mihko Laboratories latest human experiments are about to be unleashed. Cole is on the long road to recovery, but he's still struggling with...

Fourteen-year-old Eva's life is like her shoes: rapidly falling apart. With Nohkum in the hospital, Eva's mother struggles to keep things together and loses custody of Eva and her little brother. As...

This beloved Indigenous classic begins when a little boy asks, "Mom, can I have some bannock?" Despite having all the ingredients, Mom can't make bannock.Children will be eager to chime in as Mom...

Michael might be young, but he's got a big heart and a strong sense of right and wrong. He knows it's right to help people when they need it--but what can he do when so many people need help? When...

In this moving graphic novel, thirteen-year-old Reanna grieves the loss of her older sister. Can she find comfort through her family's Ojibwe traditions? It's been a year since Reanna's sister,...

Northwest Resistance is volume three in the graphic novel series, A Girl Called Echo, by Katherena Vermette, a Governor General Award-winning writer and author of The Seven Teaching Stories...

A time-traveling adventure starring a young M?tis girl.Author: Katherena VermettePublisher: HighWater PressPublication Date: November 17, 2017Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Author: Katherena VermettePublisher: HighWater PressPublication Date: December 01, 2018Number of Pages: 47 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1553797477ISBN-13: 9781553797470

A teenage girl travels back and forth through time on the Canadian Prairies.Author: Katherena VermettePublisher: HighWater PressPublication Date: April 27, 2021Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage:...

From the award-winning author of Shi-shi-etko and Shin-chi's Canoe comes this all-new celebration of sustainability and connection to the land. When you go for a walk in nature, who do you see? What...

Tasha Spillett's graphic novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is...

As flowers and trees begin to bloom and bud, Nox Ap, the bee mother, emerges from her winter sleep. To the Gitxsan, she is nature's gardener. In the seventh book of the Mothers of Xsan series,...

Makwa's family just moved to the city, and it's his first day at a new school. He doesn't know anybody, he doesn't have any friends, and everything is so new and scary. Can Makwa find the courage to...

Hockey fans will love this action-packed middle grade novel about teamwork, overcoming adversity, and being proud of who you are and where you come from. Join Alex as he navigates a new school, deals...

Ryan Fox dreams of becoming a doctor. But when university takes him away from the support of his family and Siksikaitsitapi community, his grades start to slip, his bills pile up, and getting into...

★ [Akiwenzie-Damm's] luminescent prose in this book dances "like jingle dress dancers," and is somehow still compressed to shining perfection - Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewIn the...

Three young men -- Flinch, Bryce, and Rupert -- have vandalized their community. They are sent by its Elders to live nine months on the land as part of the circle sentencing process. There, the young...

Miikwan and Dez are in their final year of high school, and they have a lot to decide on. Grief and anger take precedence over their plans after the remains of 215 children are found at a former...

Everyone has a gift. Every gift is different, and every gift is special. Our world needs you to share your gift. What is your gift? How can you use your gift to help others? We Need Everyone empowers...

Miskwaadesi is learning so much in school. She is learning about the world she lives in and what it means to be a part of it. However, when her class learns about the teaching Truth, Miskwaadesi...

When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why...

When a boy wears his new moccasins to a city school, his classmates want to know all about them. Readers will learn who Kookum is, where leather comes from, and how leather is traditionally prepared...

May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of...