No Time to Say Goodbye: Children's Stories of Kuper Island Residential School

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Sono NIS Press
Published: 01/01/2002
ISBN: 9781550391213
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kliatt 07/01/2002 pg. 22

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