The year is 1957, and Bobby lives on the Tsartlip First Nation reserve on Vancouver Island where his family has lived for generations and generations. He loves his weekend job at the nearby marina...
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Murphy's mother has just moved him and their cat, Mousetrap, back to the reserve in Port Alberni. Although he belongs to the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, Murphy is sure that he won't fit in, and he...
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Things have changed since Raedawn and Vince started going out and the racial boundaries in town have slipped a bit. But when Dune, who never took sides, disappears, Raedawn is determined to find...
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
When Molly learns a talent competition is coming to town, her friend Murphy (A Different Game, Murphy and Mousetrap) becomes her manager. Molly is certain she is a good singer, she has been...
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Vince lives in a small town, a town that is divided right down the middle. Indians on one side, whites on the other. The unspoken has never been challenged. But when Vince’s friend Sherry starts...
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
A fictional account of five children sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on the recollections of a number of Tsartlip First Nations people.
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Murphy and his three friends are nervous about trying out for the soccer team at their new school, but a diagnosis of leukemia proves more challenging than anything they encounter on the field....
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Counting on Hope tells the story of an English girl named Hope and a Lamalcha girl named Letia, whose lives are profoundly changed when their two cultures collide.
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Author: Smith, Odelia, Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Neekah's great grandma, Mumma, knit all her life. Her Grandma Dorothy knits, her mom knits and all her aunties knit. Even some of Neekah's uncles knit, too. Every year she asks her mom if she can...
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Author: Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Joey is a happy Nuu-chah-nulth boy, eager to help and quick to see the bright side of things. But when he loses his beloved grandmother, the sun goes out in his world. Fortunately, she has left...