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Resources for Learning About Canada's Residential School System

Young Adult Literature

Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret Lucy Fenton; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator); Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Call Number: E 96.5 J65 2010
Tilly: A story of hope and resilience by Monique Gray Smith
Call Number: FIC YA GRA
A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
Call Number: E 96.5 J652 2011
No Time to Say Goodbye: Children's stories of Kuper Island Residential School by Sylvia Olsen
Call Number: PS 8579 L728 N62 2001

Children's Literature

As Long As the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie; Constance Brissenden; Heather D. Holmlund (Illustrator)
Call Number: E 99 C88 L39 2005
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis; Kathy Kacer; Gillian Newland (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7.1 D87 Iam 2016
Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
Call Number: E 96.5 J654 2014
The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad; Brock Nicol (Illustrator); Emma Bullen (Editor)
Call Number: PZ 7.1 W42 Or 2018
Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola Campbell; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7 C36 Shi 2005
Shin-Chi's Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell; Kim Lafave (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7 C36 Shi 2008
Stolen Words by Melanie Florence; Gabrielle Grimard (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7 F56 Sto 2017
When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton; Gabrielle Grimard (Illustrator); Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Call Number: E 96.5 J653 2013
When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson; Julie Flett (Illustrator)
Call Number: e-Book
Also available in print - call number PZ 7 R62 W44 2016.