| No Time to Say Goodbye: Children's Stories of Kuper Island Residential School Contributor(s): Olsen, Sylvia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550391216 ISBN-13: 9781550391213 Publisher: Sono NIS Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Aboriginal & Indigenous - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Canada |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 175 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 64709 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, always engrossing, No Time to Say Goodbye is a story that readers of all ages won't soon forget. |
Contributor Bio(s): Olsen, Sylvia: - Sylvia Olsen is the author of many books and has been nominated for and won numerous awards. She has spent most of her life living in theTsartlip First Nation, where her children and grandchildren now live. Sylvia usually writes for children and young adults about the place between cultures where Canada's First Nations and settlers come together. She is also a storyteller who loves to work with young people to help them find their written and spoken voice. Sylvia is the mother of four and grandmother of seven. She lives in North Saanich near Victoria, British Columbia. For more information, visit www.sylviaolsen.ca. |