My name is not easy /
Edwardson, Debby Dahl
My name is not easy / Debby Dahl Edwardson. - Second edition. - 248 pages ; 21 cm
"Luke knows his I�nupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles away from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School, students--Eskimo, Indian, White--line up on different sides of the cafeteria like there's some kind of war going on. Here, speaking I�nupiaq--or any native language--is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force of nature, is ready to slap down those who disobey. Luke struggles to survive at Sacred Heart. But he's not the only one. There's smart-aleck Amiq, a daring leader--if he doesn't self-destruct; Chickie, blond and freckled, a different kind of outsider; and small, quiet Junior, noticing everything and writing it all down. They each have their own story to tell. But once their separate stories come together, things at Sacred Heart School--and the wider world--will never be the same" -- Page 4 of cover.
9781477816295 1477816291
Indians of North America--Alaska--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
Boarding schools--Juvenile fiction
Catholic schools--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction
Students--Juvenile fiction.
Teachers--Juvenile fiction
Indians of North America--Alaska--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction
Boarding schools--Fiction
Catholic schools--Fiction
Friendship--Fiction
Students--Fiction
Teachers--Fiction
Alaska--History--1959---Juvenile fiction.
Alaska--History--1959---Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.E2657 / My 2011 PS3605.D983 / M92 2011
813/.6
My name is not easy / Debby Dahl Edwardson. - Second edition. - 248 pages ; 21 cm
"Luke knows his I�nupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles away from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School, students--Eskimo, Indian, White--line up on different sides of the cafeteria like there's some kind of war going on. Here, speaking I�nupiaq--or any native language--is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force of nature, is ready to slap down those who disobey. Luke struggles to survive at Sacred Heart. But he's not the only one. There's smart-aleck Amiq, a daring leader--if he doesn't self-destruct; Chickie, blond and freckled, a different kind of outsider; and small, quiet Junior, noticing everything and writing it all down. They each have their own story to tell. But once their separate stories come together, things at Sacred Heart School--and the wider world--will never be the same" -- Page 4 of cover.
9781477816295 1477816291
Indians of North America--Alaska--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
Boarding schools--Juvenile fiction
Catholic schools--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction
Students--Juvenile fiction.
Teachers--Juvenile fiction
Indians of North America--Alaska--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction
Boarding schools--Fiction
Catholic schools--Fiction
Friendship--Fiction
Students--Fiction
Teachers--Fiction
Alaska--History--1959---Juvenile fiction.
Alaska--History--1959---Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.E2657 / My 2011 PS3605.D983 / M92 2011
813/.6