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Jane van Koeverden · Posted: Oct 12, 2021 11:33 AM ET | Last Updated: October
12, 2021

The Great Bear is a middle-grade book by David A. Robertson.   (Puffin Canada,
Amber Green)

Film rights for The Misewa Saga, a middle-grade fantasy series by Cree writer
David A. Robertson, has been picked up by ABC Signature.

The Winnipeg-based author shared the news on Twitter.

"I have been keeping this a secret for a long time, but now it's official!" he
wrote. "I am so thrilled about this, and excited to share the news."



The Misewa Saga is a planned four-book series that kicks off with the books The
Barren Grounds and The Great Bear. 

The series follows two Indigenous foster children, Morgan and Eli, who discover
a secret portal in an unfinished attic room. It takes them to the frozen world
of the Misewa, a community in crisis.



In The Barren Grounds, Morgan and Eli befriend the Misewa hunter Ochek, who is
in charge of keeping everyone from starving during the icy winter. Ochek teaches
Morgan and Eli about traditional ways of survival, and embarks with them and a
sassy Squirrel on an epic quest to save his community.

The book was a finalist for the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for young
people's literature — text. 

 * How David A. Robertson manages to write as much as he does

The Great Bear, the second book in the series, brings Morgan and Eli back to the
world of their Misewa friends. It was published at the end of September. 

Robertson is an award-winning author of 23 books and member of Norway House Cree
Nation. He writes books of all genres, including a YA superhero series called
The Reckoner, a picture book about the residential school system called When We
Were Alone and a memoir about his father titled Black Water: Family, Legacy
and Blood Memory.

 * 48 books by Indigenous writers to read to understand residential schools

Robertson further explored his family history in a five-episode CBC podcast
called Kiwew.

He also contributed a story about Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow, one of the most
decorated Indigenous soldiers in Canadian history, to the comic book
anthology This Place. The story was turned into a CBC Books podcast. 

27:28Peggy
An Ojibwa from the Parry Island Band, Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow is one of the
most decorated Indigenous soldiers in Canadian history. This story follows Peggy
as he demonstrates bravery and skill on the battlefields of the First World War,
only to return home and be denied fair treatment.

Robertson received the Freedom to Read Award in 2021, which recognizes a writer
whose work is passionately supportive of the freedom to read.


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   150 Years Retold

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