he must confront the man known as Benny the Bank

In this fascinating personal narrative

Illustrated by Wesley Ballinger

repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel

Her point of view is always slightly off center

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Salish (Séliš) he must confront the manDrawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best selling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around