The secret pocket
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Victor, Carrielynn, 1982- artist.
Published
Victoria : Orca Book Publishers, 2023.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781459833722, 1459833724
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
Lexile measure
660L
Status
Florham Park Library - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 971 JANICKI
1 available
J 971 JANICKI
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Florham Park Library - Juvenile Nonfiction | J 971 JANICKI | Available |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Madison Library - Juvenile Nonfiction | J 971.182 JANICKI | Available |
Morris County Library - Juvenile Nonfiction | J 371.829 JAN | Available |
Mountainside Public Library - Juvenile Nonfiction | J 371.829 JAN | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Carrier Indians -- Education -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Carrier Indians -- Education -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Carrier Indians -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Carrier Indians -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Creative nonfiction.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- British Columbia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- British Columbia -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books.
Carrier Indians -- Education -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Carrier Indians -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Carrier Indians -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Creative nonfiction.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- British Columbia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- British Columbia -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books.
More Details
Published
Victoria : Orca Book Publishers, 2023.
Language
English
ISBN
9781459833722, 1459833724
Lexile measure
660
Notes
Description
The true story of how Indigenous girls at a Canadian residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and the nuns and priest were always watching, ready to punish. Mary and the other girls had a genius idea: drawing on the knowledge from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers who were all master sewers, the girls would sew hidden pockets in their clothes to hide food. They secretly gathered materials and sewed at nighttime, then used their pockets to hide apples, carrots and pieces of bread to share with the younger girls. Based on the author's mother's experience at residential school, The Secret Pocket is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. But it's also a celebration of quiet resistance to the injustice of residential schools and how the sewing skills passed down through generations of Indigenous women gave these girls a future, stitch by stitch.
Target Audience
660L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Janicki, P., & Victor, C. (2023). The secret pocket . Orca Book Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Janicki, Peggy and Carrielynn Victor. 2023. The Secret Pocket. Orca Book Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Janicki, Peggy and Carrielynn Victor. The Secret Pocket Orca Book Publishers, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Janicki, Peggy,, and Carrielynn Victor. The Secret Pocket Orca Book Publishers, 2023.
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