I Am Not a Number [Hardcover]

A young First Nations girl is sent away to a residential school and is determined not to forget who she is and where she came from.Irene must remember who she is when everything is taken away from her.When Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite being told to do otherwise. When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide never to send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law?