I am not a number /
By: Dupuis, Jenny Kay [author.]
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Contributor(s): Kacer, Kathy [author.] | Newland, Gillian [illustrator.].
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BookPublisher: Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2016]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781927583944; 1927583942.Subject(s): Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile fiction | Indigenous peoples -- Ontario -- Nipissing (District) -- Juvenile fiction | Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations -- Juvenile fiction | Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction | Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction. | Canadian fiction. | Red Cedar Book Award.DDC classification: jC813/.6 Awards: Red Cedar Book Award - Non-Fiction, 2018.Summary: A picture book based on a true story about a young First Nations girl who was sent to a residential school. 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 to force her to do otherwise. Based on the life of Jenny Kay Dupuis' own grandmother, I Am Not a Number brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Manitoba School for the Deaf Library | 813/.6/DUP (Browse shelf) | Available | 018622 |
A picture book based on a true story about a young First Nations girl who was sent to a residential school. 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 to force her to do otherwise. Based on the life of Jenny Kay Dupuis' own grandmother, I Am Not a Number brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to.
Red Cedar Book Award - Non-Fiction, 2018.
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