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Misewa saga volume 2
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Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues: Eli is being bullied at school, and tries to hide it from Morgan, while Morgan has to make an important decision about her birth mother. They turn to the place where they know they can learn the most, and return to Misewa. But they discover that the village is once again in peril, and they must dig deep within themselves to find the strength...
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Deep in the night, when Matthew paces the house, unable to sleep, he pauses outside his daughter's bedroom. Hallelujah, who goes by Holly, is only on the other side of the door, but feels a universe away. He worries about her, a young Cree woman, but cannot seem to bridge the gap between them. Claire claims things would be better if he looked up from his phone or showed up to watch her swim meets like he promised. But Matthew cannot shake an emptiness...
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Battle of the Books 2023 - Junior
Indigenous History: Children and Families
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
Indigenous History: Children and Families
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
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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
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Reckoner volume 1
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Indigenous History: Teens and Young Adults
Kusoma Reading Circles: February 2022
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Adult
Kusoma Reading Circles: February 2022
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Adult
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When Cole Harper is compelled to return to Wounded Sky First Nation, he finds his community in chaos: a series of shocking murders, a mysterious illness ravaging the residents, and reemerging questions about Cole's role in the tragedy that drove him away 10 years ago. With the aid of an unhelpful demigod, a disfigured spirit, and his two oldest friends, Cole tries to figure out his purpose, and unravel the mysteries he left behind a decade ago. Will...
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