These are my words : the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443133180
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Physical Description:
186 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 20 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction Diary fiction. |
Topic Heading: | First Nations Canada. BC Red Cedar Book Award nominee 2017/2018 Aboriginal Indigenous collection. |
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Available copies
- 38 of 40 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Terrace Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 40 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | J DEA (Text) | 35151000574046 | Junior Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Terrace Public Library | J DEA (Text) | 35151001038181 | Junior Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"Twelve-year-old Violet Pesheens is taken away to Residential School in 1966. The diary recounts her experiences of travelling there, the first day, and first months, focusing on the everyday life she experiences--the school routine, battles with Cree girls, being quarantined over Christmas, getting home at Easter and reuniting with her family. When the time comes to gather at the train station for the trip back to the residential school, her mother looks her in the eye and asks, "Do you want to go back, or come with us to the trapline?" Violet knows the choice she must make."--