Setting
What indigenous nation are the characters part of?
What is the sisters name?
Laetitia
What does it mean if words are in circle bubbles?
What is a "Reserve"?
Land that the government let indigenous people keep.
Why did Laetitia want to move out of town?
She thought life would be less boring in the city.
What month are they stuck on the border?
April
Who is the main character in the book?
The boy
What does it mean if the words are in rectangular boxes?
It's narration and no one in the story hears it.
What are the "Prarries"?
Flat farmland in southern Canada and northern USA.
Why did the mom not say if she was American or Canadian?
She saw herself as Blackfoot and nothing else.
Where does Laetitia move to?
Salt Lake City
What is the name of the man that runs the duty free shop?
Mel
What does it mean if there are wavy lines in the sky? (EX. Pages 34 or 57)
It is windy.
What is a "Citizen"?
Why are the mom and son not allowed to cross the border?
The mom won't say what country she is from.
What province are the characters from?
Alberta
Who was Laetitia's boyfreind?
Lester Tallbull
What do the small black lines around people's bodies mean? (EX. Pages 90 or 124)
The character is moving.
Someone under 18, a kid.
Who makes it so they are able to cross the border?
The handsome man in the suite.
When does this story take place?
In the early 1990's
Who was the Canadian border guard?
Stella Pratt
In a graphic novel how can you tell how people are feeling?
By looking at their faces.
What does the word "Indian" mean?
A name that Europeans gave to the people living in the Americas.
Do things end well between Laetitia and her mother?
They get along and go exploring Salt Lake City.