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Sugar Falls : a residential school story  Cover Image Book Book

Sugar Falls : a residential school story / story, David Alexander Robertson ; illustrations, Scott B. Henderson.

Robertson, David, 1977- (Author). Henderson, Scott B. (Added Author).

Summary:

A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but she remembers her fathers words -- words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781553799757 (10th an. ed.)
  • ISBN: 9781553793342 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 155379334X (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 40 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Winnipeg, Man. : HighWater Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, elder from Cross Lake First Nation"--P. [3] of cover.
Subject: Cree First Nation > Canada > Comic books, strips, etc.
Residential schools > Comic books, strips, etc.
First Nations > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Graphic novels.
Comic books, strips, etc.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Castlegar Public Library YGN FIC ROB (Text) 35146002232619 Young Adult Graphic Novel Fiction Volume hold Available -


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