Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii/I Am Not A Number
| AUTHOR | Newland, Gillian; Kacer, Kathy; Dupuis, Jenny Kay et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Second Story Press (09/10/2019) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
Dual-language edition in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe) Nbisiing dialect and English. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from, despite the efforts of the nuns in charge at the school, who tell her that she is not to use her own name but instead use the number they have assigned to her. When she goes home for summer holidays, Irene's parents decide never to send her and her brothers away again. But where will they hide? And what will happen when her parents disobey the law? Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis's grandmother, I Am Not a Number is a hugely necessary book that brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781772600995
ISBN-10:
1772600997
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
Ojibwa
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Page Count:
44
Carton Quantity:
76
Product Dimensions:
8.30 x 0.20 x 10.80 inches
Weight:
0.40 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Ikids,
Bilingual,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
CN
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)
Juvenile Fiction | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
Grade Level:
2nd Grade
- 6th Grade
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
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Dual-language edition in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe) Nbisiing dialect and English. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from, despite the efforts of the nuns in charge at the school, who tell her that she is not to use her own name but instead use the number they have assigned to her. When she goes home for summer holidays, Irene's parents decide never to send her and her brothers away again. But where will they hide? And what will happen when her parents disobey the law? Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis's grandmother, I Am Not a Number is a hugely necessary book that brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to.
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