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I read this on one flight up to Seattle, so a quick read (I'd also seen the movie based on the book a couple of years ago). Quick but good read. This story is about Australia, but we all know (I hope) that a very similar pattern of kidnapping indigenous children and forcing them to attend residential schools existed in the U.S. and Canada (Shi-shi-etko is a great picture book about this in Canada).
The lengths that people have gone to and go to today to fight back when a colonizing power tries t ...more
The lengths that people have gone to and go to today to fight back when a colonizing power tries t ...more
I found this very interesting but the start was a bit tedious for me. When the girls’ adventure got underway, I was completely interested and didn’t want to put it down at that point. I am compelled to see the movie of the same name and I am glad to have read about this history as I really want to know more about indigenous people and their history.
A pretty gutsy idea carried out to completion as three sisters Half aboriginal- half white) escaped from a school to which they were sent in order for them to theoretically better themselves
Oct 17, 2022
Lisa of Hopewell
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Dewey 994.042
Jun 02, 2010
Ching-In
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Dec 27, 2014
Katy
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Aug 04, 2017
Terri
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