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The outside circle / Patti LaBoucane-Benson ; art by Kelly Mellings.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley, CA : House of Anansi Press, 2015Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : pbk., color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781770899377 (paerback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • Y A LAB 23
LOC classification:
  • PN6733.L33 O96 2015
Summary: In this important graphic novel, two Aboriginal brothers surrounded by poverty, drug abuse, and gang violence, try to overcome centuries of historic trauma in very different ways to bring about positive change in their lives. Pete, a young Aboriginal man wrapped up in gang violence, lives with his younger brother, Joey, and his mother who is a heroin addict. One night, Pete and his mother's boyfriend, Dennis, get into a big fight, which sends Dennis to the morgue and Pete to jail. Initially, Pete keeps up ties to his crew, until a jail brawl forces him to realize the negative influence he has become on Joey, which encourages him to begin a process of rehabilitation that includes traditional Aboriginal healing circles and ceremonies. Powerful, courageous, and deeply moving, The Outside Circle is drawn from the author's twenty years of work and research on healing and reconciliation of gang-affiliated or incarcerated Aboriginal men.
List(s) this item appears in: 2016 White Pine Nominees
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
YA Graphic Novel Shelburne Public Library Fiction Y A LAB Available 41572568
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White Pine awards 2015.

In this important graphic novel, two Aboriginal brothers surrounded by poverty, drug abuse, and gang violence, try to overcome centuries of historic trauma in very different ways to bring about positive change in their lives. Pete, a young Aboriginal man wrapped up in gang violence, lives with his younger brother, Joey, and his mother who is a heroin addict. One night, Pete and his mother's boyfriend, Dennis, get into a big fight, which sends Dennis to the morgue and Pete to jail. Initially, Pete keeps up ties to his crew, until a jail brawl forces him to realize the negative influence he has become on Joey, which encourages him to begin a process of rehabilitation that includes traditional Aboriginal healing circles and ceremonies. Powerful, courageous, and deeply moving, The Outside Circle is drawn from the author's twenty years of work and research on healing and reconciliation of gang-affiliated or incarcerated Aboriginal men.

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