hilaryjsc's review against another edition

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4.0

The last Dear Canada book might be one of the most important.

lilliangretsinger's review against another edition

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1.0

Dnf at 50%.

I really wanted this to be good....but the main character's voice is so young and all she talks about is the food.

courtneyreadsbooks's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

lemon_loaf's review against another edition

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3.0

Sugarcoated and a bit boring

coutures1513's review against another edition

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5.0

Les mots qu'il me reste est une fiction inspirée de faits réels et je n'ai aucun doute qu'une enfant ait eu les mêmes comportements que Violette.

Ce roman est écrit un peu à la manière du journal d'Anne Frank ce qui nous permet de nous mettre dans la peau du personnage. Puisqu'il s'adresse à une tranche d'âge plus jeune et qu'il est écrit selon une jeune fille de 12-13 ans, il est moins graphique que d'autres oeuvres portant sur le même sujet. Cela ne m'empêche pas de lui donner 5 étoiles, car je l'ai jugé selon la clientèle qu'il vise. Je trouve qu'il s'agit d'un livre parfait pour aborder un sujet lourd avec les enfants. Il est évident que ce livre devrait se trouver dans toutes les classes afin d'aborder le sujet des pensionnats autochtones.

Certains diront que le roman est trop «propre» et trop épurée. Bien que les autochtones ont vécu des horreurs dans les pensionnats, je ne crois pas qu'il faut aborder le sujet de cette façon avec des enfants. Nous ressentons quand même la détresse du personnage principal et les émotions qu'elle a vécu en étant loin de sa famille. Je crois que les enfants peuvent s'identifier à elle sans que des descriptions ne les choquent. Il s'agit d'une belle ouverture pour aborder les pensionnats.

kmsalter08's review against another edition

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2.0

I realize this is a children's book; however, I felt the portrait of residential school was more like a simple boarding school and didn't not really speak about how hard it must have really been for children to be taken from their families and forced not to speak their language. Might be a good starting point for learning, but it felt very sugar coated.

lashesss's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

oliviabrisebois's review against another edition

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3.0

God this book was sad to read, knowing what happed at the schools when children went missing and the way they were abused. Definitely a dark part of Canadian history that should not be erased

victorianvalkyrie's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

serenedancer's review against another edition

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3.0

I get that I've aged out of the target demographic so take that into consideration. But this book was mostly serviceable. Like I got what they were going for and lot of issues were touched on. But they weren't in depth enough. Maybe that would have been to hard for the target demographic but the violence of the schools wasn't truly shown. I know that not every school was extremely violent but still.

Also when they were talking about not being allowed stuff from home it was always other students telling her. Like you never saw the authority figures say anything. I'd have liked her to get in some kind of trouble for the things to show that it happened.

It may be a good introduction for kids into the idea of residential schools but they should learn more about it from other sources as well.