Children's literature books set in Canada (4)
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1.
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
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 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-autho... continue
2.
A Stranger at Home : A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The powerful memoir of an Inuvialuit girl searching for her true self when she returns from residential school.
3.
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The moving memoir of an Inuit girl who emerges from a residential school with her spirit intact.
4.
The Girl and the Wolf by Katherena Vermette EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
This picture book for young children is an empowering Indigenous twist on a classic wolf narrative.