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Masters of Silence
by Kathy Kacer
Left in the care of strangers in France to escape Nazi persecution, Henry and Helen pretend to be orphan children and befriend a not yet famous Marcel Marceau who risks everything to keep them safe
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I Am Not a Number
by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
When 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 being told to do otherwise. When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide never to send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law?
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Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience
by Monique Gray Smith
Tilly has always known she's part Lakota on her dad's side. She's grown up with the traditional teachings of her grandma, relishing the life lessons of her beloved mentor. But it isn't until an angry man shouts something on the street that Tilly realizes her mom is Aboriginal too—a Cree woman taken from her own parents as a baby.
Tilly feels her mother's pain deeply. She's always had trouble fitting in at school, and when her grandma dies unexpectedly, her anchor is gone. Then Abby, a grade-seven classmate, invites her home for lunch and offers her "something special" to drink. Nothing has prepared Tilly for the tingling in her legs, the buzz in her head and the awesome feeling that she can do anything. From then on, partying seems to offer an escape from her insecurities. But after one dangerously drunken evening, Tilly knows she has to change. Summoning her courage, she begins the long journey to finding pride in herself and her heritage. Just when she needs it most, a mysterious stranger offers some wise counsel: "Never question who you are or who your people are. It's in your eyes. I know it's in your heart."
Loosely based on author Monique Gray Smith's own life, this revealing, important work of creative nonfiction tells the story of a young indigenous woman coming of age in the 1980s. In a spirit of hope, this unique story captures the irrepressible resilience of Tilly and of indigenous peoples everywhere.
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Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
by Monique Gray Smith
Discusses the impact of residential schools on the lives of indigenous Canadians, presents stories of those affected, describes the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and explores how to foster reconciliation
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Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids
by Deborah Ellis
Provides interviews with forty-five young indigenous children between the ages of nine and eighteen, who speak of their fears, challenges, and struggles to maintain their cultural heritage
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The Doll's Eye
by Marina Cohen
While exploring the attic of the new house she is forced to share with her stepfather and stepbrother, Hadley finds a glass eye and a dollhouse replica of the home before making a series of wishes that turns her world upside down!
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A Box of Bones
by Marina Cohen
After receiving a wooden puzzle box at a town festival, twelve-year-old Kallie figures out how to open the box and finds that her fate seems to be connected to that of a young bone carver from another time.
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Bad Shot
by Sylvia Taekema
When a new kid arrives in town, Cody is impressed with the kid's wealth and skills, judging himself inferior. The newbie seems to take an interest in Cody on the court but his "helpful" hints are undermining Cody's performance — right up to him scoring a basket in his own team's net!
Cody has to come to grips with his situation and make moves to challenge the bullying, as well as working to hone his basketball skills.
This story plays out against the realistic backdrop of an economically struggling small town, a fictional version of Chatham, and touches on the emotional realities of performance anxiety, socioeconomic status issues experienced by kids, depression, and bullying.
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