2024 Festival:
October 21–27

Today I Am

10 Stories of Belonging

Jael Richardson Brandon Wint

Today I Am book cover image

August 6, 2024

Scholastic Canada

  • Middle Grade

Today I Am

10 Stories of Belonging

Jael Richardson Brandon Wint

A fresh and fearless collection of short fiction, poetry and graphic fiction for today’s middle-grade readers. In this timely, thought-provoking, funny and heartbreaking collection, ten acclaimed BIPOC authors from across Canada explore the theme and concept of home.
From awkward family dinners, to life on the rez, to moving to a new town, each of these stories provides a unique perspective on the theme of belonging through characters tasked with navigating and finding their place in this world.
Brought together by curator (and story contributor), Jael Richardson, Today I Am will make readers laugh and cry while opening their hearts and minds to the world around them, validating how it feels to be young and alive today.
Today I Am includes stories by Jael Richardson, Marty Chan, Rosena Fung, Michael Hutchinson, Chad Lucas, Angela Misri, Mahtab Narsimhan, Danny Ramadan, Liselle Sambury and Brandon Wint.