This novel is the fictional story of five young people from the Tsartlip First Nations who were sent to the Kuper Island Residential School. The government and the churches took children from their homes for long periods of time, during which they were not permitted to see their families. The authors try to deal with some of the abuses that occurred such as mandatory haircuts, sexual abuse, poor food, loneliness and humiliation over bedwetting. Readers witness the struggle of the students to survive in such a harsh culture.--Ministry of Education website. .

English language arts grade 9 (2009).