Cover image for The secret pocket
Title:
The secret pocket
Author:
Janicki, Peggy, author.
Added Author:
Victor, Carrielynn, 1982- illustrator.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2023.

©2023
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
ISBN:
9781459833722
Abstract:
"This illustrated nonfiction picture book tells the true story of how a group of girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their clothes to hide food."-- Provided by publisher.
Conference Subject:
Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award (CCBC Book Awards) (2024) -- Nominee.

First Nation Communities Read (2024/25) -- Nominee.

Indigenous Voices Awards (2024) -- Nominee.
Subject Term:
Residential schools -- British Columbia -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.

Dakelh -- Education -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.

Dakelh -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.

Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.

Indigenous authors.

Indigenous illustrators.

Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile literature.

Indigenous students -- Canada -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Picture books.
Language:
English
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