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This Place: 150 Years Retold by David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Katherena Vermette, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sonny Assu
4.0

I recently looked at a video which speculated that people give higher scores fo books which teach them something novel and discussed whether this is a problem or not. This is definitely one of those situations for me. The few stories that referred to events I already knew about, didn't seem to me like much. However, in this case I don't think grading something up for new teaching is such a bad idea. The organization of the anthology is very good and the art is gorgeous even though the dialog can get a little on the nose at times, especially in the first story, with people having current events conversations. It was also especially novel to me because I am familiar with almost no Canadian history generally. Overall recommend to people looking to know more about the topic.

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