These are my words : [online electronic book] the Residential School diary of Violet Pesheens.

These are my words : [online electronic book] the Residential School diary of Violet Pesheens.

Alternate Title
Residential School diary of Violet Pesheens

By
Slipperjack, Ruby, 1952-

Publication Date
2016

Subject Term
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Ojibwa Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Canadian fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Diaries -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Electronic books.

Genre
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

Series
DEAR CANADA
 
DEAR CANADA.

Summary
Violet Pesheens is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her "white" school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name -- she is now just a number. But worst of all, she has a fear. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most: her Anishnabe language; the names of those she knew before; and her traditional customs. A fear of forgetting who she was. Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. And maybe, just maybe there will be hope at the end of the tunnel. Drawing from her own experiences at residential school, Ruby Slipperjack creates a brave, yet heartbreaking heroine in Violet, and lets young readers glimpse into an all-too important chapter in our nation's history.

Language
English

ISBN
9781443133197

General Note
"Northern Ontario, 1966"
 
Includes historical notes.


LibraryCollectionCollection
Provincial Public LibrariesElectronic BookElectronic Book