| Description |
{38} p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 22 cm. |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, March 2009 |
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Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2010 |
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Booklist, November 2008 |
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Horn Book, April 2009 |
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Kirkus Review, December 2008 |
| Summary |
Shi-shi-etko returns to the Native American residential school along with her six-year-old brother, Shin-chi; but until they reunite with their family again in the summer, the two endure hunger and loneliness as they go to school, do hard work, and suffer extreme punishments. |
| Audience |
3.4. |
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K-3 Follett School Solutions. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.0 0.5 128126. |
| Subject |
Native American children -- Canada -- Fiction.
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Native Americans -- Canada -- Fiction.
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Off-reservation boarding schools -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
LaFave, Kim, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780888998576 |
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