| My Name Is Not Easy Contributor(s): Edwardson, Debby Dahl (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477816291 ISBN-13: 9781477816295 Publisher: Skyscape OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.55 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 1950's - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Religious Orientation - Native American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 147222 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Luke knows his I nupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. He knows he'll have to leave it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School things are different. Instead of family, there are students--Eskimo, Indian, White--who line up on different sides of the cafeteria like there's some kind of war going on. And instead of comforting words like tutu and maktak, there's English. Speaking I nupiaq--or any native language--is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force of nature, is ready to slap down those who disobey. Luke struggles to survive at Sacred Heart. But he's not the only one. There's smart-aleck Amiq, a daring leader--if he doesn't self destruct; Chickie, blond and freckled, a different kind of outsider; and small quiet Junior, noticing everything and writing it all down. Each has their own story to tell. But once their separate stories come together, things at Sacred Heart School--and in the wider world--will never be the same. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edwardson, Debby Dahl: - Debby Dahl Edwardson has lived at the northern most tip of North America in Barrow, Alaska, for over thirty years. She married into the IŽnupiaq community and most of what she writes about is set within this culture. It's not the culture she was born into, but it's the one she feels she belongs to in every sense of the word. While My Name Is Not Easy is fiction, it was inspired by real stories from a number of boarding schools that once operated throughout Alaska. |