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My name is Seepeetza / Shirley Sterling.
Seepeetza, an Indian girl from the Interior Salish Nation in British Columbia, struggles with the strict life of an Indian residential school.
"Her name was Seepeetza when she was at home with her family. But now that she's living at the Indian residential school her name is Martha Stone, and everything else about her life has changed as well. Told in the honest voice of a sixth grader, this is the story of a young Native girl forced to live in a world governed by strict nuns, arbitrary rules, and a policy against talking in her own dialect, even with her family. Seepeetza finds bright spots, but most of all she looks forward to summers and holidays at home."--Publisher.
At six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kalamak Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable.
Record details
- ISBN: 0888991657 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780888991652 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 126 pages : maps ; 19 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©1992.
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, 1993. |
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| Genre: | Diary fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Indigenous peoples--Canada--Residential schools--Fiction. Residential schools > British Columbia > Juvenile fiction. RL 6. First Nations. Aboriginal. Residential schools |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Public Library | J STE (Text) | 35151000455659 | Junior Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
