Swift Fox all along

Resource Information

The work Swift Fox all along represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Swift Fox all along

Statement of responsibility

story by Rebecca Thomas ; pictures by Maya McKibbin

Creator

• Thomas, Rebecca, (Poet)

Contributor

• McKibbin, Maya, 1995-

Author

• Thomas, Rebecca, (Poet)

Illustrator

• McKibbin, Maya, 1995-

Subject

• Cousins -- Juvenile fiction
• Families
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Family life -- Fiction
• Fiction
• Fry bread
• Fry bread -- Fiction
• Fry bread -- Juvenile fiction
• Herbs -- Religious aspects
• Herbs -- Religious aspects -- Juvenile fiction
• Identity (Philosophical concept)
• Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
• Identity -- Fiction
• Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies
• Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies -- Fiction
• Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile fiction
• Cousins
• Micmac Indians
• Micmac Indians -- Fiction
• Micmac Indians -- Juvenile fiction
• Picture books
• Picture books
• Plants
• Plants -- Miscellanea | Juvenile fiction
• Smoke
• Smoke -- Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Cousins -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Miscellanea
• Picture books
• Juvenile works
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mi'kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox doesn't understand what that means. Her family welcomes her with smiles and hugs, but when it's time to smudge and everyone else knows how, Swift Fox feels even more like she doesn't belong. Then she meets her cousin Sully and realizes that she's not the only one who's unsure--and she may even be the one to teach him something about what being Mi'kmaq means. Based on the author's own experience, with striking illustrations by Maya McKibbin, A Long Way to a New Place is a poignant story about identity and belonging that is at once personal and universally resonant."--

Additional physical form

Issued also in electronic format.

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

NLC

Dewey number

jC813/.6

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

juvenile