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The Ribbon Skirt: A Graphic Novel Booktok HIGHLY COMMENDED: Australian Book IndustryTen year old Anang wants to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by girls in the Anishinaabe tradition, for an upcoming powwow. Anang is two spirit and nonbinary and doesn't know what others will think of them wearing a ribbon skirt, but they're determined to follow their heart's desire. Anang sets off to gather the materials needed to make the skirt and turns to those around them their family, their human and turtle friends, the