About

David A. Robertson

DAVID A. ROBERTSON is the winner of the Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award, the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer and the TWUC Freedom to Read Award. His books include The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga; When We Were Alone (winner of the Governor General’s Award, a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and a McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People); Will I See? (winner of the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, graphic novel category); and the YA novel Strangers (recipient of the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction). He is the creator and host of the podcast Kiwew. Through his writings about Canada’s Indigenous peoples, Robertson educates as well as entertains, reflecting Indigenous cultures, histories and communities while illuminating many contemporary issues. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.

Books by David A. Robertson

God Flare

by (author) David A. Robertson
illustrated by Scott B. Henderson & Andrew Thomas

Ages: 15 to 18
Grades: 10 to 12

The Sleeping Giant

The Misewa Saga, Book Five

by (author) David A. Robertson

Ages: 10 to 18
Grades: 5 to 12

The Portal Keeper

The Misewa Saga, Book Four

by (author) David A. Robertson

Ages: 10 to 18
Grades: 5 to 12

The Kodiaks

Home Ice Advantage

by (author) David A. Robertson

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 6

The Stone Child

The Misewa Saga, Book Three

by (author) David A. Robertson

Ages: 10 to 18
Grades: 5 to 12

The Song That Called Them Home

by (author) David A. Robertson
illustrated by Maya McKibbin

Ages: 4 to 8
Grades: p to 3

Version Control

by (author) David A. Robertson
illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, Donovan Yaciuk & Andrew Thomas

Ages: 15 to 18
Grades: 10 to 12

The Great Bear

The Misewa Saga, Book Two

by (author) David A. Robertson

Ages: 10 to 18
Grades: 5 to 12

Sugar Falls

A Residential School Story

by (author) David A. Robertson
illustrated by Scott B. Henderson & Donovan Yaciuk
foreword by Murray Sinclair
afterword by Betty Ross

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 7 to 12

On the Trapline

by (author) David A. Robertson
illustrated by Julie Flett

Ages: 4 to 8
Grades: p to 3

Breakdown

by (author) David A. Robertson
illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, Donovan Yaciuk & Andrew Thomas

Ages: 15 to 18
Grades: 10 to 12

Ispík kákí péyakoyak/When We Were Alone

by (author) David A. Robertson
illustrated by Julie Flett
translated by Alderick Leask

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

The Barren Grounds

The Misewa Saga, Book One

by (author) David A. Robertson

Ages: 10 to 18
Grades: 5 to 12

Ghosts

by (author) David A. Robertson

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 7 to 12

This Place

150 Years Retold

by (author) Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette & Chelsea Vowel
illustrated by Jen Storm, Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, G.M.B. Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott B. Henderson, Andrew Lodwick, Scott A. Ford, Donovan Yaciuk & Ryan Howe
foreword by Alicia Elliott

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 8 to 12