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Turtle Island Voices 3: Drummer Boy
Drummer Boy is a realistic story about a Secwepemc boy who goes to a new school and gains the respect of the school bully when the two boys compete in the talent show. The story is told in a graphic...
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Turtle Island Voices 3: Helping Hands
Helping Hands is an informational text that describes how Aboriginal peoples across Canada helped European newcomers to survive and thrive in a new land. The book concludes with Turtle Island...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Deer and Cougar
Deer and Cougar is a traditional Nuu-chah-nulth tale relating how Deer saves her life by using quick thinking and problem-solving skills to outwit Cougar. The story is told in dialogue and narrative...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Get Moving!
Get Moving! is an expository text that explains how Aboriginal peoples of Canada moved on water and land in the past and how they get around today, from kayaks to travois to all-terrain vehicles –...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Making Music
Making Music is an expository text that describes the traditions, instruments, and performers in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit music. Many profiles of contemporary performers are included. The...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Sarah and the Bully
Sarah and the Bully is a realistic story about Sarah, a Nlaka’pamux (Thompson River Salish) girl, and how she faces the challenge of a bully at her new school. When Sarah’s family moves to the city...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: The First Corn
The First Corn is a retelling of a traditional Lakota story about how corn came to the Lakota people as a gift from the Creator. The concluding chapter of the book explains the importance of corn to...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: The Gift of the Red River Jig
The Gift of the Red River Jig is a traditional tale offering one version of the origin of the famous Métis Red River Jig. When Ambroise goes on his first fur trading trip with his father, the Red...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Case of the Mysterious Paw Prints
The Case of the Mysterious Paw Prints is a realistic story about Ryan and Justin, who are Mi’kmaq boys, and their friend Chris who form RCJ Investigations. When Ryan discovers large, mysterious paw...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Eagle Girl
Eagle Girl is a realistic story about two Okanagan teens who discover they are shape-shifters. Sparks fly between them until they resolve to put aside the historical feud between their two families...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Game On!
Game On! is an expository text that describes traditional and contemporary sports enjoyed by Aboriginal peoples of Canada, including snowsnake, doubleball, lacrosse, hockey, and okichitaw, a style of...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Making Things Right
Making Things Right is a realistic story about two Cree children who have lost their mother. The grieving siblings are furious when social services arranges for their estranged father to come live...