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These are my words : the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens Cover Image Book Book

These are my words : the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens

Slipperjack, Ruby 1952- (author.).

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."--

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  • ISBN: 9781443133180
  • Physical Description: 186 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 20 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2016.
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 4 / 5.0

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.

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Subject: Native girls -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction
Native peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile fiction
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile fiction
Residential schools -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction
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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  • 37 of 40 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Terrace Public Library.

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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 -

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