No Time to Say Goodbye: Children's Stories of Kuper Island Residential School (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781550391213)

No Time to Say Goodbye is a fictional account of five children sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on the recollections of a number of Tsartlip First Nations people. These unforgettable children are taken by government agents from Tsartlip Day School to live at Kuper Island Residential School. The five are isolated on the small island and life becomes regimented by the strict school routine. They experience the pain of homesickness and confusion while trying to adjust to a world completely different from their own. Their lives are no longer organized by fishing, hunting and family, but by bells, line-ups and chores. In spite of the harsh realities of the residential school, the children find adventure in escape, challenge in competition, and camaraderie with their fellow students. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, always engrossing, No Time to Say Goodbye is a story that readers of all ages won't soon forget.

Author: Sylvia Olsen
ISBN-10: 1550391216
ISBN-13: 9781550391213
Publisher: Sono NIS Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2002
Pages: 175
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 64709 / No Time to Say Goodbye: Children's Stories of Kuper Island


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 07/01/2002 pg. 22