Sep 6, 2016 · When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick.

Sep 6, 2016 · I Am Not a Number is a picture book based on the life of Irene Couchie who was sent to a Canadian Residential school. These schools were designed to remove First Nations children from their homes and their families in an attempt to "assimilate" them into white Canadian cultural expectations.

But where will they hide? And what will happen when her parents disobey the law? Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis' grandmother, I Am Not a Number is a hugely necessary book that brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light …

Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis’ grandmother, I Am Not a Number is a hugely necessary book that brings a terrible part of Canada’s history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to.

Sep 6, 2016 · When the Indian agent comes for Irene and her brothers, their parents reluctantly give them up to be taken to one of Canada’s infamous residential schools. At the school, Irene is separated from her brothers, scrubbed, shorn, and assigned a number: 759.

But where will they hide? And what will happen when her parents disobey the law? Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis' grandmother, I Am Not a Number is a hugely necessary book that brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light …

Aug 1, 2019 · When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide never to send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law? I Am Not A Number is a powerful story of resistance, resilience, family and identity. Ages 7–11.

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