Swift Fox All Along

What does it mean to be Mikmaq? And if Swift Fox cant find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Foxs father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that shell learn how to be Mikmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mikmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox doesnt understand what that means. Her family welcomes her with smiles and hugs, but when its time to smudge and everyone else knows how, Swift Fox feels even more like she doesnt belong. Then she meets her cousin Sully and realizes that shes not the only one whos unsureand she may even be the one to teach him something about what being Mikmaq means. Based on the authors own experience, with striking illustrations by Maya McKibbin, A Long Way to a New Place is a poignant story about identity and belonging that is at once personal and universally resonant.