The cherry tree in front of the house is in full bloom. A boy watches from the window as children whizz by on skateboards. Could he do that too? The boy vividly imagines what it would be like to stand on a board like that himself. When his mother surprises him with a skateboard a short time later, there's no stopping him. He practises at the playground, he practises in the schoolyard. He falls and gets back up, while his mother watches from further and further away.
Then comes the day when he dares to go to the skate park. However, it takes courage to join the stream of experienced skaters who race across the track at high speed. But there is room for everyone, and so the boy is not alone for long. Let's go! Or: haw êkwa, as it is called in the language of Canada's indigenous Cree people.
Every day he dares a little more, and when the tree in front of the house is covered in green leaves, it is his mother who looks out of the window. ‘I'm back!’ the boy calls to her as returns from his adventures on his board

Illustrator Julie Flett belongs to the Canadian Cree community. As is often the case in her acclaimed books, she incorporates elements of Cree culture into Let’s Go! But she also tells the universal story of a child who dares to try new things and is allowed to go his own way.
It is a story as eventful as it is moving, about trust and community, about leaving and returning home.