Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David A. Robertson

12 reviews

melchncookies's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Betty is a residential school survivor. She talks of the trauma she endured in a way that acknowledges but doesn’t sensationalize the violence. More importantly, she discusses how she survived and the importance of telling the truth to survive and heal. It’s a short graphic novel that should be mandatory reading.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Colonisation, Child death, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs

mirandyli's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A great read for children to learn about the residential schools that Indigenous children were forced to attend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Child death, Rape, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Sexual assault

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Death, Grief, Child death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual violence, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Murder, Rape, and Racial slurs

Drowning. It is mentioned that Betty does not have hearing in one of her ears from abuse.

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This may be a short graphic novel at only about 40 pages, but the story and conversation this brings to readers are compelling. Residential schools are something that most of us have heard about before, including myself, but having the horrors and atrocities put on pages with illustrations accompanying them was so powerful and heartbreaking. 

Thank you, Elder Betty Ross, for sharing your story. 

This graphic novel would be beneficial to use as a conversation text for high school, and even college, classrooms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

avabudavari's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Racism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

booknerdbetty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

brittishliterature's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence