My name is not easy, Debby Dahl Edwardson
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My name is not easy, Debby Dahl Edwardson
Language
eng
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 12 up
Literary Form
novels
Main title
My name is not easy
Oclc number
701807732
Responsibility statement
Debby Dahl Edwardson
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader AR, MG+, 5.2, 9.0, 147222.Reading Counts RC, High School, 5.4, 15, Quiz: 55733.Accelerated Reader, Grades 5-8, 5.2, 9, SD, Quiz 147222, English fiction.
Summary
Luke knows his Iñupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles away from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School, students -- Eskimo, Indian, White -- line up on different sides of the cafeteria like there's some kind of war going on. Here, speaking Iñupiaq -- or any native language -- is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force of nature, is ready to slap down those who disobey. Luke struggles to survive at Sacred Heart. But he's not the only one. There's smart-aleck Amiq, a daring leader -- if he doesn't self-destruct; Chickie, blond and freckled, a different kind of outsider; and small, quiet Junior, noticing everything and writing it all down. They each have their own story to tell. But once their separate stories come together, things at Sacred Heart School -- and the wider world -- will never be the same
Table Of Contents
pt. I: The day the earth turned over (1960-1961) : My name is not easy / Luke ; Looking for a tree / Chickie ; Never cry / Luke ; Indian country / Sonny and Chickie ; How hunters survive / Luke ; Snowbird / Chickie ; Kickball / Sonny ; The size of things back home / Luke, Sonny & Chickie -- pt. II: The day the soldiers came (1961-1962) : Rose hips and chamomile / Donna ; Burnt offerings / Luke ; Military trash / Chickie ; The day the soldiers came / Luke ; The meanest heathens / Sonny and Amiq -- pt. III: When the time comes (1962-1963) : Coupons and bomb shelters / Chickie ; Our uncle's gun / Luke ; Eskimo kiss / Chickie ; Forever / Luke -- pt. IV: The earth can't shake us (1963-1964) : He's my brother / Chickie ; Eskimo rodeo / Luke ; Unchained Melody / Donna ; A weak spot or a secret strength / Luke ; Our story ; Civil disobedience ; Good Friday -- A new gun / Luke
Target audience
adolescent
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- Schools -- Fiction
- Art de conter -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
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- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Écoles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Alaska -- History -- 1959- -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Juvenile books
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2011
- Teachers -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Alaska -- Histoire -- 1959- -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Enseignants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Juvenile fiction
- Students -- Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Catholic schools -- Fiction
- Indian teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Écoles catholiques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Young adult fiction
- Indians, Treatment of -- Juvenile fiction
- Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Boarding schools -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Fiction
- Inupiat -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Off-reservation boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Étudiants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Inupiat (Inuits) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Catholic schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Alaska -- History -- 1959- -- Fiction
- Internats pour Autochtones -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
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- Peuples autochtones -- Alaska -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction
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- Schools -- Fiction
- Art de conter -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Adolescents des Peuples autochtones -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fictional Work
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Écoles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Alaska -- History -- 1959- -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Juvenile books
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2011
- Teachers -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Alaska -- Histoire -- 1959- -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Enseignants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Juvenile fiction
- Students -- Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Catholic schools -- Fiction
- Indian teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Écoles catholiques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Young adult fiction
- Indians, Treatment of -- Juvenile fiction
- Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Boarding schools -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Fiction
- Inupiat -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Off-reservation boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Étudiants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Inupiat (Inuits) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Catholic schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Alaska -- History -- 1959- -- Fiction
- Internats pour Autochtones -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Romans
- Peuples autochtones -- Alaska -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction
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