Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo) (Volume 1)

So glad that I discovered this new series thanks to a post on Facebook! I am not Métis but am of indigenous (American Indian) and European heritage, so I can relate to Echo's story. WouId also appreciate being able to journey back in time to see my ancestors' ways of life. I very much like her taste in music as '90's alternative and grunge is my favorite as well, along with traditional Native American and First Nations music. Looking forward to the next part of the series!

Great introduction for pre/teeens to the Pemmican Wars. I was completely ignorant about this piece of Native history. Can't wait until the next book comes out.

It was very good and very cool for the young but the words were really small but the drawings were good

Not the best book to read on kindle, but lovely illustrations. Shows an interesting time period that I know little about, but a bit confusing to follow which person/group was attacking which person/ group. But that definitely could be a kindle thing.

Can’t wait for the next instalment.

Original and well written. And the artwork is well done.

My very first thought when I started this book was "wow, that artwork is beautiful." Not only was the opening illustration beautiful, but that beauty continued throughout the entire book. This story is about a girl named Echo who is learning about the Metis people in history. When she falls asleep in class, she finds herself somehow transported back to the time and place of the events about which she is learning.Though I don't think I would want that to happen to me, I do think that using graphic novels like this to teach different history topics could be effective. Not being Canadian, I knew nothing about the Metic people prior to reading this graphic novel. I liked this method of teaching about Metis history so much that I immediately read the next book in the series (Red River Resistance), and I'm hoping my library will get the rest of the graphic novels in the series.Also, for those who are more capable in the kitchen than I am, there is a recipe for the pemmican that is central to this time in Metis history.

This is a beautifully done YA comic that deals with both the history of the Métis, an indigenous Canadian tribe, who's history I certainly hadn't know about before this, but also with the issue of belonging.The main character, a teenage girl named Echo, has been placed in a new school and a new foster care house. In school, she’s learning the history of the Métis, the local indigenous tribe, from which she is descended but not raised with. She feels like she doesn’t fit in with the people around her or with the people who should have been her people, but about whom she doesn’t know anything. In an experience that comes with no explanation (in this volume, at least) Echo is transported back in time, for short periods, to the era that her modern history class is talking about.

A new graphic novel series that focuses on the audience learning more about Métis history. The illustrations are beautiful and I can see that this book is going to be a hit among educators. At 48 pages, I sure wish it had been longer, but it is a great start.

A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars is an incredibly nuanced and sophisticated graphic novel. It sympathetically follows 13 year-old Echo Desjardins through her difficult days and day-dreams as she discovers the difficult history of the Metis in Manitoba. Echo is in foster care in present day Winnipeg, but Henderson's beautiful and detailed art-work effortlessly transports readers to the early 19th century as Echo learns about the Pemmican Wars fought in what is now Winnipeg. Vermette spares no details as she shows a painful past that has contributed to the difficult realities of many Metis people in the present. However, she manages show -- in a truly awe inspiring combination of "the best words in the best order" and powerful image -- the all too real challenges facing so many urban Metis youth. I can't wait for the next volume to come out in September. The world NEEDS more of this.

C’est réellement une pure beauté ! Je le recommande vivement.

I'm very disappointed with this purchase. Two thumbs down.My intent was to read this with my young daughter. We're Metis, and I was hoping this story would offer some engaging context along with some easy to follow graphics.Upon receiving this book I immediately gave it a proof read to ensure it wasn't too graphic for a child. There were some battle scenes, gun wounds and blood, but it wasn't obscene and seemed historically accurate. I found it to be an easy read, too easy in fact. I read the whole book in approximately 15 minutes and that's where the trouble lays.Unfortunately, there's virtually no text to this book and the little history that is provided is delivered quite poorly. At some points, I flipped through several pages with no text at all - just cut scenes illustrating the depressed mood of the main character. I've read comic books with better dialogue and paid a quarter of what I paid for this.If there's anything positive, it has to be the artwork. The graphics are phenomenal, but with the lack of dialogue leaves you wondering where your money was spent. I'm so disappointed and I regret this purchase. I haven't bothered sharing it with my daughter.

beautifully illustrated story about a Métis girl. Highly recommend this book