{"product_id":"looks-like-daylight-voices-of-indigenous-kids-9781554981212","title":"Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Deborah Ellis travels across the continent, interviewing more than forty Native American kids and letting them tell their own stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey come from all over the continent -- from Iqaluit to Texas, Haida Gwaii to North Carolina. Their stories are sometimes heartbreaking; more often full of pride and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou'll meet Tingo, who has spent most of his young life living in foster homes and motels, and is now thriving after becoming involved with a Native Friendship Center; Myleka and Tulane, young Navajo artists; Eagleson, who started drinking at age twelve but now continues his family tradition working as a carver in Seattle; Nena, whose Seminole ancestors remained behind in Florida during the Indian Removals, and who is heading to New Mexico as winner of her local science fair; Isabella, who defines herself more as Native than American; Destiny, with a family history of alcoholism and suicide, who is now a writer and pow-wow dancer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeborah briefly introduces each child and then steps back, letting the kids speak directly to the reader. The result is a collection of frank and often surprising interviews with kids aged nine to eighteen, as they talk about their daily lives, about the things that interest them, and about how being Indigenous has affected who they are and how they see the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3\u003cbr\u003e Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6\u003cbr\u003e Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.9\u003cbr\u003e Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllis, Deborah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDEBORAH ELLIS is the author of more than two dozen books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in twenty-five languages and was recently adapted into a feature-length animated film and a graphic novel. She has won the Governor General's Literary Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. She has received the Ontario Library Association's President's Award for Exceptional Achievement, and she has been named to the Order of Canada. She has donated almost $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF and Street Kids International.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473781199122,"sku":"9781554981212","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b13585d-d1b7-43fa-b0b0-9e0a02b685d9.jpg?v=1730202246","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/looks-like-daylight-voices-of-indigenous-kids-9781554981212","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}