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Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Five Little Indians follows several survivors of a residential school as they reckon with the traumas they endured and try to move on. Each leaves the "school" in a different way at a different time, but they are intertwined by their experiences and resurface in each other's lives. Alternating points of view and flashing back to their younger selves.
As more children's bodies are discovered on the grounds of these horrifying institutions, this book gives a look into the atrocities that led there and what happened to those who survived. It discusses the lack of support given after, the reactions of families receiving their children back, the ways in which culture was lost and held onto, and much more. This book is important, now and always.
As more children's bodies are discovered on the grounds of these horrifying institutions, this book gives a look into the atrocities that led there and what happened to those who survived. It discusses the lack of support given after, the reactions of families receiving their children back, the ways in which culture was lost and held onto, and much more. This book is important, now and always.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Drug abuse and Death