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Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids

English

By (author): Deborah Ellis

Author Deborah Ellis travels across the continent, interviewing more than forty Native American kids and letting them tell their own stories.

They come from all over the continent from Iqaluit to Texas, Haida Gwaii to North Carolina. Their stories are sometimes heartbreaking; more often full of pride and hope.

Youll meet Tingo, who has spent most of his young life living in foster homes and motels, and is now thriving after becoming involved with a Native Friendship Center; Myleka and Tulane, young Navajo artists; Eagleson, who started drinking at age twelve but now continues his family tradition working as a carver in Seattle; Nena, whose Seminole ancestors remained behind in Florida during the Indian Removals, and who is heading to New Mexico as winner of her local science fair; Isabella, who defines herself more as Native than American; Destiny, with a family history of alcoholism and suicide, who is now a writer and pow-wow dancer.

Deborah briefly introduces each child and then steps back, letting the kids speak directly to the reader. The result is a collection of frank and often surprising interviews with kids aged nine to eighteen, as they talk about their daily lives, about the things that interest them, and about how being Indigenous has affected who they are and how they see the world.

 

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.9
Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).

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Product Details
  • Weight: 299g
  • Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Sep 2018
  • Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd Canada
  • Publication City/Country: Canada
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781554981212

About Deborah Ellis

DEBORAH ELLIS is the author of The Breadwinner which has been published in thirty languages. She has won the Governor Generals Award the Middle East Book Award the Peter Pan Prize the Jane Addams Childrens Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada Deborah has donated more than $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Right to Learn Afghanistan Mental Health Without Borders and the UNHCR. She lives in Simcoe Ontario.

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