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Robertson, David Alexander

When We Were Alone

32 pp. | HighWater | December, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55379-673-2 $18.95
(1) K-3 Illustrated by Julie Flett. This quiet story is about love and resistance during the decades-long era of oppressive residential schools for First Nations children in Canada. A contemporary girl asks her grandmother several questions; Nókom answers by discussing the residential school she attended. Through descriptive language and repetition, Robertson describes the seasons of Nókom's resistance. Flett's collage illustrations, with their simplicity and earthy colors, are soulful and gentle.
Reviewer: Alia Jones | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2017

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