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"I hope they get to see also the ways in which we have been harmed, injured profoundly, but also the ways in which we are powerful beyond measure and also just hold the highest registers of love for our communities for ourselves and also for this land we call Turtle Island. "I think it's timely and needed specifically for two-spirit texts and also for Indigenous texts for Canadian readers to be transported into the under belly, what it means for Indigenous peoples to be living under the weight of ongoing settler colonialism," said Whitehead to CBC after the book won Canada Reads. He is also the author of full-metal indigiqueer and Love after the End. His work seeks to centre the unique experiences of queer Indigenous young people. Jonny Appleseed suggests that a good story is always a healing ceremony, and that if we animate our pain, it becomes something we can make love to (221). Whitehead is a two-spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw Indigiqueer scholar from Peguis First Nation. I am ready for this wild ride," Whitehead said in a press statement. I cannot express how thrilled I am that he will be potentially animate onscreen as well. "Jonny is already such an animate kin to me, and so many folks have loved and cared for him on the page. Duration 1:02 Devery Jacobs is championing Jonny Appleseed on Canada Reads 2021. 6/30/2023 0 Comments Donna cooner booksShe feels unloved by her family, has few friends and can’t even seem to love herself. She secretly wishes to act in her school’s musical and show off her beautiful singing voice, but her weight issues prevent her from doing so. It revolves around fifteen-year-old Ever Davies, who weighs three hundred and two pounds, and has an extremely low self esteem. Recently, I read the young adult novel Skinny, the debut book of author Donna Cooner. Once again, Skinny is highly recommended and addictive whether you’re confident or not, and it will show you how to love yourself. Although I can’t exactly relate to Ever, I somehow understood her, feeling each emotion that she felt, which is my definition of a good book. However, when you do figure it out, savor it and go through with it. At the end of the book, Ever made me realize that there is a difference between what you thought you wanted, and what you actually want, and that it may take awhile to realize what you actually want. There are characters that stand by her the whole time, and there are characters that weren’t always there, yet she was too blind to see which people were and which people weren’t. Being 302 pounds at fifteen years old limits or eliminates almost everything you can do, and you see how she overcomes this throughout the book. As Ever, the main character, takes you through her journey of weight loss, you see that losing weight isn’t so easy. Skinny is an excellent book that I suggest to all teens. |