Good for Nothing

by Michel Noel, Shelley Tanaka (Translator)

Overview

Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction

The year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he's a good-for-nothing who, like all Indians, can look forward to a life of drunkenness, prison and despair.

The reserve, however, offers nothing to Nipishish. He remembers little of his late mother and father. In fact, he seems to know less about himself than the people at the band office. He must try to rediscover the old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his father's death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781554982677
Publisher:	Groundwood Books Ltd
Publication date:	05/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	471 KB
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Michel Noel is the author of several award-winning books for young people. He now lives in Quebec City.

SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning author, translator and editor who has written and translated more than thirty books for children and young adults. She teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Shelley lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Editorial Reviews

[An] inspiring story by an authority on native affairs...

VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)

Michel Noel...knows his craft...the text is extremely accessible.

STARRED REVIEW Quill & Quire