My Name Is Not Easy
  • Published:
    Oct-2011 (Hardcover)
    Sep-2013 (Paperback)
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    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    1940's-1950's Contemporary
  • Age Level:
    10-14
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My name is not easy. My name is hard like ocean ice grinding at the shore or wind pounding the tundra...

Luke knows his Ihupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. He knows he'll have to leave it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles from their Arctic village.

At Sacred Heart School things are different. Instead of family, there are students -- Eskimo, Indian, White -- who line up on different sides of the cafeteria like there's some kind of war going on. And instead of comforting words like tutu and maktak, there's English. Speaking Ifiupiaq -- or any native language -- is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force of nature, is ready to slap down those who disobey.

Luke struggles to survive at Sacred Heart. But he's not the only one. There's smart-aleck Amiq, a daring leader -- if he doesn't self destruct; Chickie, blond and freckled, a different kind of outsider; and small quiet Junior, noticing everything and writing it all down. Each has their own story to tell. But once their separate stories come together, things at Sacred Heart School -- and in the wider world -- will never be the same.
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    • Sep-2013
    • Amazon Childrens Publishing
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1477816291
    • ISBN13: 9781477816295
    • First Edition
    • Oct-2011
    • Marshall Cavendish
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0761459804
    • ISBN13: 9780761459804
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    • Feb-2012
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1455879541
    • ISBN13: 9781455879540
    •  
    • Feb-2012
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1455879568
    • ISBN13: 9781455879564
    •  
    • Feb-2012
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 145587955X
    • ISBN13: 9781455879557
    •  
    • Feb-2012
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1455879525
    • ISBN13: 9781455879526
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    • Feb-2013
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1455879576
    • ISBN13: 9781455879571



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