When I was twelve, maybe thirteen, my mother announced that we were going to go to Salt Lake City to visit my sister who had left the reserve, moved across the line, and found a job. Laetitia had not left home with my mother’s blessing, but over time my mother had come to be proud of the fact that Laetitia had done all of this on her own. “She did real good,” my mother would say. Then there were the fine points to Laetitia’s going. She had not, as my mother liked to tell Mrs. Manyfingers, gone floating after some man like a balloon on a string. She hadn’t snuck out of the house, either, and gone to Vancouver or Edmonton or Toronto to chase rainbows down alleys. And she hadn’t been pregnant. “She did real good.” I was seven or eight when Laetitia left home. She was seventeen. Our father was from Rocky Boy on the American side. “Dad’s American,” Laetitia told my mother, “so I can go and come as I please.” “Send us a postcard.” (Excerpt taken from the 1993 edition of Borders.)
Borders
Written by Thomas King. Illustrated by Natasha Donovan.
Published in 2021 by HarperCollins Canada.
I enjoyed borders, even though longer books are usually more of my thing. The format of Borders is the story of the main characters journey to visit his sister in salt lake city, with some memories of before and when she moved there. Over all, its a pretty good book. I rate it three out of five stars, and recommend this book to people who like graphic novels and learning about cultural rights.
How many people got sent back to their house that are native or other cultures like that and how would that feel if that happend to me
I thought this book was super good .Our teacher stop a very good spot and then I thought oh man.
its good that the mom never gave up trying blackfoot
I like that the mom decided to stick with blackfoot and go threw all that trouble to cross the border instead of of saying that they’re Canadian or American.
I loved this book . It really shines on the indigenous culture .