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I am not a number / written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer ; illustrated by Gillian Newland.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781927583944 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • jC813/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7 .D92843 Im 2016
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"-- Provide by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Picture Book Picture Book NMC Library Picture Book Collection PZ7 .D92843 Im 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001453124
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"Editor: Kathryn Cole"--Colophon.

"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"-- Provide by publisher.

Accelerated Reader AR LG 4 0.5 186507.

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