Two Tribes

Two Tribes is a fun graphic novel by Emily Bowen Cohen inspired by her own life.

The two tribes in this novel refer to the Jewish people and the Muscogee Nation.  She is Jewish Native American.  This book is written based on her own experience growing a part of two tribes.

Mia is living with her mothre and her stepfather, but misses her father who has moved far away with his new family.  As she is feeling out of place in her Jewish Day school and her mother refuses to talk about her father with her, Mia hatches a plan to visit her father in Oklahoma.  

In this novel we learn the origin story of the Muscogee story, the traditional account of the creation of the Muscogee clan from Mia's grandmother.  We also learn the Jewish text shared by Mia's Rabbi Goldfarb.  Both of these stories are sacred and important to each tribe.

After Mia travels to visit and meet her father's family, her mother realizes that it is important to bring everyone together.  Mia can share both of her family traditions and everyon can learn from each other wheen they share Shabbat dinner. 

Colorful drawings and well defined characters in an easy to read graphic novel style with well laid out pages and simple font.