Sugar Falls : [graphic novel] a residential school story.
Sugar Falls : [graphic novel] a residential school story.
By
:
Robertson, David, 1977-
Publication Date
:
2011
Subject Term
:
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Fiction.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
Boarding schools -- Fiction.
Graphic novels.
Canadian fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Genre
:
Biographical fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Henderson, Scott B.
Summary
:
A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but she remembers her fathers words - words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781553793342
9781553799757
General Note
:
"Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, elder from Cross Lake First Nation."
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy | Status |
|---|
| Corner Brook (WCB) | YA Fic Indigenous Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | | Checked In |
| Corner Brook (WCB) | YA Fic Pbk Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Paperback Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | | Trace |
| Fogo Island (GFO) | YA Fic - School | YA Fiction - School | FIC ROB | | Lost |
| Grand Falls-Windsor (CGF) Harmsworth | YA Fic Indigenous Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | | Checked In |
| Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) Melville | YA Fic Indigenous Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | | Checked In |
| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | YA Fic Indigenous Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | | Checked In |
| St. John's - Marjorie Mews (SJA) | YA Fic Indigenous Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | | Checked In |
| St. Lawrence (BSL) | YA Fic Indigenous Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | SLA teal | Checked In |
| Stephenville (WST) (Kindale) | YA Fic Indigenous Graphic Novel | YA Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | FIC ROB | | Checked In |