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What's my superpower?

Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must...

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Main Author: Johnston, Aviaq (Author)
Other Authors: Mack, Tim, 1984- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Iqaluit, Nunavut ; Toronto, Ontario : Inhabit Media Inc., [2017]
Subjects:
Children > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Girls > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Ability > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special--and that her superpower was right in front of her all along.
Physical Description: 29 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9781772271409
1772271403
Author Notes:

Aviaq Johnston
Is a young Inuk author from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her debut novel Those Who Run in the Sky was released in the spring of 2017. In 2014, she won first place in the Aboriginal Arts and Stories competition for her short story "Tarnikuluk," which also earned her a Governor General's History Award.

Aviaq is a graduate of Nunavut Sivuniksavut, and she has a diploma in Social Service Work from Canadore College. Aviaq loves to travel and has lived in Australia and Vietnam. She spends most of her time reading, writing, studying, and procrastinating. She goes back and forth between Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Ottawa, Ontario.

Tim Mack
Cannot fly, run super fast, or swim like a fish, so instead he draws those things. Tim is a Canadian-born illustrator living in Vancouver, British Columbia. He enjoys playing with colours and shapes and never misses an opportunity to swim in the ocean, though he still wishes he could swim as well as a fish.

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