Jessica Johns

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  1. 1. Bad Cree

    In this gripping novel, a young Cree woman named Mackenzie is haunted by vivid nightmares that blur the line between dreams and reality, compelling her to return to her family in Alberta. As she reconnects with her roots and grapples with her grief over her sister's death, Mackenzie discovers that her dreams hold a deeper, ancestral significance. The story weaves together themes of family, identity, and cultural heritage, as Mackenzie confronts a malevolent force threatening her loved ones and learns to harness the power of her dreams to protect them.

    The 17172nd Greatest Book of All Time
  2. 2. Scribe Publication Bad Cree.

    A sharp, often darkly funny collection of linked stories that follows Cree people on- and off-reserve, portraying how humour, resilience, and trauma coexist in everyday life. The pieces move between intimacy and satire as they explore identity, family bonds, sexuality, addiction, grief, and the ongoing impacts of colonialism, bringing vivid, flawed characters to life through crisp, emotionally resonant prose. Small moments — a tense family dinner, a fraught hospital visit, a messy romantic encounter — accumulate into a powerful portrait of survival, memory, and belonging.