Aleutian Sparrow Kindness Audience: Ages 3-5

Audience: Ages 3-5

contemporary

At the tender age of five

a Métis policeman

The entire book is a testament to the author's strength of character and determination to talk about the abuses of residential schools and shows his courage as he challenges readers to seriously examine this aspect of Native American education

Aleutian Sparrow Kindness Audience: Ages 3-5In free verse, author Karen Hesse tells of Vera and other Aleuts who are moved to Ketchikan in 1942 when the Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands. Many Aleuts die of illness, but Vera knows she will see her beloved island again. The people known as Aleuts were removed from their island homes following the June 1942 attack by the Japanese during World War Two. The story tells the tragic experiences of Vera and her family and friends as they struggle to