Whisper to the sky
Record details
- ISBN: 9781939053381 (softcover)
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Physical Description:
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111 pages ; 18 cm - Publisher: Summertown, Tennessee : 7th Generation, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter 1. An urban Indian -- Chapter 2. Trying to fit in -- Chapter 3. Could it get any worse? -- Chapter 4. I want to go home! -- Chapter 5. A kindred soul -- Chapter 6. Unexpected news -- Chapter 7. What goes around, comes around -- Chapter 8. The apology -- Chapter 9. Forgive yourself -- Chapter 10. Finding her voice -- Resources -- About the author. |
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Subject: | Bullies -- Fiction Victims of bullying -- Fiction Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Fiction Friendship -- Fiction Bullying -- Fiction Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Fiction |
Genre: | High interest-low vocabulary books. Young adult fiction. |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous. First Nations. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | PZ 7.1 .S53667 W55 2021 (Text) | 58500001155795 | UCNYA | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2021 November #2
Sydney is used to being at the top of the food chain as the big bully at her school on the White Earth Ojibwa Reservation. However, after her parents' divorce she moves with her mother to Minneapolis, where she finds out what it's like to be on the other side. As one of the few Native kids in her new school, she is bullied by many peers. Trying to fit in, Sydney cuts her waist-length hair and avoids wearing anything that might indicate she is Native, but she continues to be ostracized and isolated. Eventually Sydney finds a kindred spirit in Finn, a boy who's persecuted for being gay. As the story progresses, readers understand how the two friends are treated as outcasts just for being themselves and see how they learn from one another. Watching her new friend being tormented helps Sydney view her past actions in a new light and decide how she wants to behave going forward. The story also highlights the impacts of harsh behavior at home, as Finn's mother thinks that being gay is a choiceâone she disagrees withâwhile Sydney's father makes her feel mediocre no matter how hard she tries, which is another piece of her journey to finding her voice. Sigafus (Ojibwa) has written a brief and accessible novel that will engage readers and help them understand that we all make mistakes but what truly matters is whether we can learn from them. A compassionate story for reluctant readers. (resources) (Fiction. 12-18) Copyright Kirkus 2021 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.