The Resource Five little Indians, Michelle Good
Five little Indians, Michelle Good
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The item Five little Indians, Michelle Good represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Five little Indians, Michelle Good represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn't want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. Fuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Famous for his daring escapes from the school, Kenny can't stop running and moves restlessly from job to job - through fishing grounds, orchards and logging camps - trying to outrun his memories and his addiction. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disorder as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share together. After almost beating one of his tormentors to death, Howie serves time in prison, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin life anew. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 293 pages
- Isbn
- 9781443459181
- Label
- Five little Indians
- Title
- Five little Indians
- Statement of responsibility
- Michelle Good
- Subject
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- Psychological fiction
- Novels
- Novels
- Off-reservation boarding schools
- Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada -- Fiction
- Poverty
- truePoverty
- Poverty -- Fiction
- Psychic trauma
- truePsychic trauma
- Psychic trauma -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueRacism
- Racism
- Racism -- Fiction
- Survival
- Survival -- Fiction
- Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction
- trueVancouver, British Columbia
- trueAddiction
- trueBelonging
- British Columbia -- Vancouver
- Canada
- trueCanada -- History -- 20th century
- trueCanadian people
- Cree Indians -- Social life and customs
- Cree Indians -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst Nations (Canada)
- trueFriendship
- trueGovernment relations with indigenous peoples
- trueIdentity
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueImprisonment
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Canada -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity
- Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity -- Fiction
- Indigenous peoples -- Government relations
- Indigenous peoples -- Government relations -- Fiction
- trueIndigenous residential schools
- trueIndigenous teenagers
- Indigenous youth
- Indigenous youth -- Fiction
- trueInjustice
- trueNative American residential schools
- trueNative American teenagers
- trueNorth American people
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn't want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. Fuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Famous for his daring escapes from the school, Kenny can't stop running and moves restlessly from job to job - through fishing grounds, orchards and logging camps - trying to outrun his memories and his addiction. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disorder as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share together. After almost beating one of his tormentors to death, Howie serves time in prison, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin life anew. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward."--
- Award
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- Books in Canada First Novel Award, 2021.
- City of Vancouver Book Award, 2021.
- Evergreen Award (Ontario), 2020.
- Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction, 2020.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10901872
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Good, Michelle
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.4.G6645
- LC item number
- F58 2020
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poverty
- Indigenous youth
- Racism
- Psychic trauma
- Indigenous peoples
- Families
- Survival
- Cree Indians
- Indians of North America
- Off-reservation boarding schools
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Off-reservation boarding schools
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Cree Indians
- Survival
- Families
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous youth
- Poverty
- Psychic trauma
- Racism
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Label
- Five little Indians, Michelle Good
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1137537702
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 293 pages
- Isbn
- 9781443459181
- Lccn
- 2020448201
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137537702
- Label
- Five little Indians, Michelle Good
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1137537702
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 293 pages
- Isbn
- 9781443459181
- Lccn
- 2020448201
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137537702
Subject
- Psychological fiction
- Novels
- Novels
- Off-reservation boarding schools
- Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada -- Fiction
- Poverty
- truePoverty
- Poverty -- Fiction
- Psychic trauma
- truePsychic trauma
- Psychic trauma -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueRacism
- Racism
- Racism -- Fiction
- Survival
- Survival -- Fiction
- Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction
- trueVancouver, British Columbia
- trueAddiction
- trueBelonging
- British Columbia -- Vancouver
- Canada
- trueCanada -- History -- 20th century
- trueCanadian people
- Cree Indians -- Social life and customs
- Cree Indians -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst Nations (Canada)
- trueFriendship
- trueGovernment relations with indigenous peoples
- trueIdentity
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueImprisonment
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Canada -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity
- Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity -- Fiction
- Indigenous peoples -- Government relations
- Indigenous peoples -- Government relations -- Fiction
- trueIndigenous residential schools
- trueIndigenous teenagers
- Indigenous youth
- Indigenous youth -- Fiction
- trueInjustice
- trueNative American residential schools
- trueNative American teenagers
- trueNorth American people
Genre
Included in
- trueForest of Reading Awards: Evergreen Award
- trueGovernor General's Literary Awards: English-Language Fiction
- trueIndigenous Lives (Adults)
- trueAmazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award
- trueCity of Vancouver Book Award
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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