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No time to say goodbye : children's stories of Kuper Island Residential School Cover Image Book Book

No time to say goodbye : children's stories of Kuper Island Residential School / Sylvia Olsen with Rita Morris and Ann Sam.

Olsen, Sylvia, 1955- (author.). Morris, Rita, (author.). Sam, Ann, (author.). Paul, Connie, (illustrator.). Snopkowski, Patrice, map artist. (Added Author).

Summary:

No Time to Say Goodbye is a fictional account of five children sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on the recollections of a number of Tsartlip First Nations people. These unforgettable children are taken by government agents from Tsartlip Day School to live at Kuper Island Residential School. The five are isolated on the small island and life becomes regimented by the strict school routine. They experience the pain of homesickness and confusion while trying to adjust to a world completely different from their own. Their lives are no longer organized by fishing, hunting and family, but by bells, line-ups and chores. In spite of the harsh realities of the residential school, the children find adventure in escape, challenge in competition, and camaraderie with their fellow students.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781550391213
  • Physical Description: 186 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Winlaw, British Columbia : Sono Nis Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Featured in CBCs: Ten books about residential schools to read with your kids.
Adopted by the BC Teachers’ Federation.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.2 7 64709.
Biographical or Historical Data:
"Six former students from Kuper Island Residential School read and edited No Time to Say Goodbye many times before approving the book. The book was written to honour them and all the other First Nations people who experienced the residential schools. The former students hope that young people for many generations will learn about this neglected but important part of history through reading this book"--Preface, Sylvia Olson.
Awards Note:
Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Snow Willow Award Nominee

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Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at College of the Rockies.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Cranbrook Campus PS 8579 .L728 N6 2001 (Text) 31111000197549 CRANBROOK Volume hold Available -

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