| Finders Keepers
By: Andrea Spalding
Type: Young Adult Novel
Published by: Beach Holme Publishers
Available in: Softcover
ISBN: 0-88878-359-0
Danny
lives on a prairie farm, and befriends a Peigan boy from the
nearby reserve. There he finds an ancient artifact, that in turn
leads to help for the learning disabilities that make school a
nightmare.
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Nominated for Sheila Egoff Award for Children's Literature;
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Nominated for the National Chapter of
Canada
IODE Violet
Downey
Book Award;
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Nominated for the
Ontario
Library Association's Silver Birch Award.
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Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice
"Outstanding"
- “Finders
Keepers is a unique and compelling story of two cultures in quest
of a sacred past; a story of compassion which bravely explores
discriminatory attitudes both toward First Nations peoples and
toward children with learning disabilities.” Island
Parent
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"Subtly and with the sensitivity that only one who has
suffered or watched someone they love endure, Spalding is able to
let readers experience the feelings Danny endures...."
Calgary
Herald
While walking through a farmer's field near home, Danny
Budzinsky finds a strange object he thinks might be an arrowhead.
His friend, Joshua Brokenhorn, a Peigan boy from the nearby
reserve, tells him it's a lance point and invites Danny to the
Interpretive Centre at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to find out
more about it.
In their search for information, Danny and Joshua stumble into
many adventures. They sneak into a museum and nearly get caught,
and they visit a traditional pow wow and and learn about the old
ways of hunting buffalo.
As Danny begins to understand the history of the Peigan nation,
he also begins to understand something about himself, and why he
is having problems at school.
Andrea wrote this novel to celebrate both her love of the
prairies and the wonderful but little-known history of First
Nations buffalo hunters.
Read an excerpt from the book: (Beach Holme Publishing)
http://www.beachholme.bc.ca/summer96SW/finders.htm
Internet Links :
The Web sites we have listed here will help you to learn more
about the people and places in the book.
- Head-Smashed-In
Buffalo Jump
- Learn
everything you ever wanted to know about the Peigan peoples
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