Waubgeshig Rice. MOON of the TURNING LEAVES. Random House, 2023.
A dystopia, set twelve years after the power went out, with small bands of Indigenous people living together and realizing they have to move if they are going to be able to feed themselves.
The group, 15-year old Nangohns, Elder Evan, JC, Cal, Amber, and Tyler set out to discover what lays beyond, looking for the land on the north shore of the big lake where their people were once from. The pace is slow, matching the speed of their walking. They stick to abandoned roads when they can, not knowing what they will encounter and if they will be safe. They manage their affairs by consensus, deferring to those with experience, with gender and non-binary equity, remembering to give thanks, make offerings, respect the help from the ancestors. They encounter good and bad people.
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