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Indigenous History: Children and Families
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend school, but he warns Margaret of the terrors of residential schools.
At school Margaret soon encounters the Raven, a black-cloaked nun with a hooked nose and bony fingers that resemble claws. She immediately dislikes
...7) Young Zeus
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
"Craig narrates, imbuing her book with genuine pathos."- The New York Times
"Mya-Rose Craig's narration of her debut memoir is full of youthful exuberance, wisdom, and wit."- AudioFile
"Craig narrates her own work, transmitting her enthusiasm and knowledge in her engaging British-Bangladeshi accent."- Library Journal
Birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig is an international
14) Solito: a memoir
A young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this “gripping memoir” (NPR) of bravery, hope, and finding...
15) Ugly
16) The dreamer
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