Sammy Goes to Residential School
by Mary Lingman
Illustrated by Susan Ross
This novella for young readers centres on a Cree boy forced to leave his home on a northern reservation to attend residential school. Sammy struggles with the deprivation of his personal space, his language, and culture. Lingman approaches the story sensitively and honestly, contrasting life on the reserve with Sammy’s new surroundings.
Ages 10–13, Grades 5–8, 96 pages, 6’’ x 9’’, 1991, Penumbra Press
ISBN 0921264334 $10.95 paperback
