First published as "Sugar Falls: a residential school story" in 2012. For this 10th-anniversary edition, the author has made substantial changes to style within the text, and the original artwork has been colorized.
Summary:
Inspired by true events, this story of strength, family, and culture shares the awe-inspiring resilience of Elder Betty Ross from Cross Lake First Nation. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy is adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changes. Betsy is taken away to a residential school. There she is forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalls the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls—words that give her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive. This 10th-anniversary edition brings David A. Robertson’s national bestseller to life in full color, with a foreword by The Hon. Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and a touching afterword from Elder Betty Ross herself.
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