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Secret path  Cover Image Book Book

Secret path / [lyrics by] Gord Downie + [graphic novel by] Jeff Lemire.

Lemire, Jeff. (Author). Downie, Gordon, 1964-2017 (Added Author).

Summary:

In Secret Path, Gord Downie's lyrics and Jeff Lemire's illustrations tell the story of twelve-year-old Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, who died on October 22, 1966, after running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School and attempting to make his way back to his home, more than 600 km away.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1501155946 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781501155949 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour), maps
  • Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes access code for single download of Secret Path album by Gord Downie.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 26.99
Subject: Wenjack, Charlie, 1954-1966 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Ojibwa Indians > Comic books, strips, etc.
Runaway children > Comic books, strips, etc.
Native peoples > Canada > Residential schools > Comic books, strips, etc.
Songs, English > Canada > Texts.
Popular music > Canada > Texts.
Genre: Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch 741.5 Lemir 31681002937878 ADULT GN Available -

Jeff Lemire is the award winning, New York Times bestselling author of such graphic novels as Essex CountySweet ToothThe Underwater Welder, and Roughneck, as well as the cocreator of Descender with Dustin Nguyen, Black Hammer with Dean Ormston, Gideon Falls with Andrea Sorrentino, and many others. He also collaborated with celebrated musician Gord Downie on the graphic novel and album The Secret Path, which was made into an animated film in 2016. Jeff has won numerous awards, including an Eisner Award and Juno Award in 2017. Jeff has also written extensively for both Marvel and DC Comics. Many of his books are currently in development for film and television, including both Descender and A.D. After Death at Sony Pictures, Essex County at the CBC, The Underwater Welder and Plutona at Waypoint Entertainment, and Gideon Falls with Hivemind Media, as well as the Eisner-Award winning Black Hammer at Legendary Entertainment. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with his wife and son, and their troublesome pug, Lola. Visit him at JefLemireComics.com or on Twitter @JeffLemire.


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