When his Grade 6 teacher assigns a Canadian heritage project, Danny is paired with one of the Indigenous kids, Zach. Danny and Zach don’t like one another, but they’ve never bothered to get to know one another either. While learning more about his own family's background, Danny reads his great-grandmother’s journal entries about breaking the land, building and living in a sod house, and how the First Nations people helped her and she helped them after the buffalo disappeared and food became scarce. The more Danny digs into family history, the more he realizes that his and Zach’s pasts are complicated and connected. He realizes he has an important decision to make.

Contents:

Dedication
Mistasinîy – a big rock
Pronunciations
Chapter One – Danny
Chapter Two – Zach
Alternating Danny and Zach
Chapters Three to Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen – Rose’s Diary – Excerpts
Chapter Fifteen – Danny
Chapter Sixteen – Zach
Chapter Seventeen – Danny
Chapter Eighteen – Zach
Chapter Nineteen – Danny
Chapter Twenty – Zach
Chapter Twenty-One – Danny
Chapter Twenty-Two – Rose’s Diary – Excerpts
Chapter Twenty-Three –Zach
Chapter Twenty-Four –Danny
Chapter Twenty-Five –Zach
Chapter Twenty-Six –Danny
Some Time Later – Danny and Zach
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Illustrator

“If you loved Mary Harelkin Bishop’s Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story, you’ve no doubt been waiting for it’s companion book with eager anticipation. Bishop has a way of painting characters that are memorable and her style of writing easily draws the reader into the story. You’re on chapter two before you know it! This is a story that stayed with me. It snuck into my brain and left me pondering for days. Although the book is aimed at ages 10 and up, I have no doubt that it will be enjoyed by readers of all ages."