I am not a number / written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer ; illustrated by Gillian Newland.
"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 an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, ON :
Second Story Press,
[2016]
China : [manufacturer not identified], 2018. |
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| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Editor: Kathryn Cole"--Colophon. |
| Physical Description: | 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 29 cm. |
| Awards: | American Library Association Notable Children's Book: Middle Readers; 2017. Oklahoma Library Association: Silver Birch Award Nominee; 2018. |
| ISBN: | 9781927583944 1927583942 |