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Author:

Jones, Adam Garnet, author.

Title:

Fire song / Adam Garnet Jones.

Publisher:

Annick Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

230 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Suicide--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Ontario--Juvenile fiction.
Gay teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Ojibwa Indians--Fiction.
Gay teenagers--Fiction.
Sisters--Death--Fiction.
Suicide--Fiction.
Indian reservations--Fiction.
Sexual orientation--Fiction.
Grief in adolescence--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Indigenous peoples--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.

Other Titles:

Fire song (Motion picture)

Notes:

"Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones is based on the film 'Fire Song' produced by Fire Song Films Inc. and Big Soul Productions Inc. and written and directed by Adam Garnet Jones"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"How can Shane reconcile his feelings for David with his desire for a better life? Shane is still reeling from the suicide of his kid sister, Destiny. How could he have missed the fact that she was so sad? He tries to share his grief with his girlfriend, Tara, but she's too concerned with her own needs to offer him much comfort. What he really wants is to be able to turn to the one person on the rez whom he loves--his friend, David. Things go from bad to worse as Shane's dream of going to university is shattered and his grieving mother withdraws from the world. Worst of all, he and David have to hide their relationship from everyone. Shane feels that his only chance of a better life is moving to Toronto, but David refuses to join him. When yet another tragedy strikes, the two boys have to make difficult choices about their future together. With deep insight into the life of Indigenous people on the reserve, this book masterfully portrays how a community looks to the past for guidance and comfort while fearing a future of poverty and shame. Shane's rocky road to finding himself takes many twists and turns, but ultimately ends with him on a path that doesn't always offer easy answers, but one that leaves the reader optimistic about his fate"-- Amazon.com.

ISBN:

1554519772
9781554519774
1554519780
9781554519781

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)