Five little indians book7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or a. 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.Īlone 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. 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. MICHELLE GOOD is a Cree writer and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. The five indigenous kids at the heart of this important novel bring the brutal realities of Canada’s infamous residential Indian schools up close and very personal. ![]() ![]() National Bestseller A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year A CBC Best Book of the Year An Apple Best Book of the Year A Kobo Best Book of the Year An Indigo Best Book of the Year 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. Five Little Indians was released in April, 2020 and has won numerous awards over the last two years, including the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Amazon First Novel Award, and the Kobo Emerging Author Prize. WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for Fictionįinalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Prize ![]()
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