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Five Little Indians
Five kids. One school. Five completely different ways of surviving it. None of them are wrong.
Who it's for
Following five survivors of the same school shows that trauma does not produce one outcome.
Sad→Validated
Feelings it meets
What it is
Michelle Good's 2020 debut novel follows five Indigenous children taken from their families to a remote church-run residential school in Canada. Released as teenagers with no support, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie find their way to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and the book traces their linked lives across decades as each tries to survive and come to terms with the past in different ways.
Where to find it
In print; libraries (Libby/Hoopla); audiobook available. Optioned for a TV series.
Before you start
Heads up: Suicide and child sexual abuse.
Age: Adult (18+)
Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
