I Am Not a Number
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 who are in charge at the school and who tell her that...
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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 who are in charge at the school and who tell her that she is not to use her own name but instead use the number they have assigned to
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781927583944 (1927583942)
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Illustrations by Gillian NewlandTranslation by Muriel Sawyer and Geraldine McLeodContributions by Tory FisherDisclaimer: I received a digital version of this book via Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. The book, however, had been on my tbr shelf as the English only edition has been ...
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