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DAVID A. ROBERTSON is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, has won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, as well as the Writer's Union of Canada Freedom to Read award. He has received several other accolades for his work as a writer for children and adults, podcaster, public speaker, and social advocate. He was honoured with a Doctor of Letters by the University of Manitoba for outstanding contributions in the arts and distinguished achievements in 2023. He is a member of Norway House Cree Nation and lives in Winnipeg. ...more

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	The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 5,584 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson (Goodreads Author), Julie Flett (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 1,948 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story 4.16 avg rating — 1,579 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Theory of Crows 3.86 avg rating — 1,600 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Water 4.16 avg rating — 1,310 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Trapline by David Alexander Robertson (Goodreads Author), Julie Flett (Illustrations) 4.36 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Child (The Misewa Saga, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga (7 Generations #1-4) by David Alexander Robertson (Goodreads Author), Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 659 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety by David Alexander Robertson (Goodreads Author), Shelagh Rogers (Foreword) 4.12 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“David Robertson’s novel The Evolution of Alice is a novel written from multiple viewpoints after a tragic event takes place on a reserve for a single mother family. David’s writing is important to me because he is taking experiences many Indigenous people are living through today and giving them their voice in a time when we are […]

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The Misewa Saga (6 books)
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David Alexander Robertson (Goodreads Author)

3.96 avg rating — 7,807 ratings

7 Generations (4 books)
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Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator)

4.16 avg rating — 1,071 ratings

The Reckoner (3 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 756 ratings

Tales from Big Spirit (7 books)
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David Alexander Robertson (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Lodwick (Illustrator)

3.90 avg rating — 370 ratings

The Reckoner Rises (3 books)
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Scott B Henderson (illustrator)

3.83 avg rating — 142 ratings

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David liked Shannon's review of Little Shoes: "Beautifully illustrated, this is a heartfelt picture book about a young Indigenous boy who has trouble sleeping and his journey to learn about Residential schools from his kokom who was a survivor but whose sister never came home. With an important m" Read more of this review »
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“Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory.”
― David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds

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“Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because we don’t really have anything the land wants, we honor it for what it gives us...When you take more than the land can provide, it stops giving. It can’t give. That’s what’s happened here. That’s what happens with humans.”
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“We are time travellers. We visit the past - the events and decisions in our lives - sometimes repeatedly. Typically, these trips to another time are powered by regret, things we wish we would have done differently.”
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