Good for Nothing
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- Synopsis
- Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction The year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he's a good-for-nothing who, like all Indians, can look forward to a life of drunkenness, prison and despair. The reserve, however, offers nothing to Nipishish. He remembers little of his late mother and father. In fact, he seems to know less about himself than the people at the band office. He must try to rediscover the old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his father's death.
- Copyright:
- 2001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 256 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781554982677
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781554986033, 9780888996169
- Publisher:
- Groundwood Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 06/22/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Michel Noël
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Teens, Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade
- Reading Age:
- 12–15
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.