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SILVER RIVER SHADOW IBD

BOOKS AND BICYCLES PRESS
08 / 2022
9781838181369
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Sinopsis

'The beginning is the moment before it all goes wrong...'âÇÖAn incredibly powerful read.âÇÖ Jon Biddle, Year 5/6 teacher & English lead, Reading for Pleasure expert.Chosen as an âÇÖImpressive Indie Book of 2022âÇÖ by the Independent Book Review. Finalist in the SPR Book Awards 2022.Shortlisted for the Rubery Book Award 2023. ********Nobody ever tells Lizzie anything. Her motherâÇÖs dead and her fatherâÇÖs hiding in his work. So when she slips away into the Canadian wilderness with her friend Bobby to find out about her family, no one really notices.The truths she uncovers about her great-grandparentsâÇÖ past are laced with dangerous secrets.Nobody must be allowed to know what happened. And nobody wants to take the blame.Based on a true story and a real, raw quest for truth,áSilver River Shadowáshines a light on a countryâÇÖs darkest secrets and the extraordinary people who worked to bring them to the world.--The creation of the book has been overseen by Barney and Marion LammâÇÖs daughter, Rochelle, and reviewed by Ojibway readers living in and connected to Grassy Narrows.âÇÖI really enjoyed it, finding out about something so important. I loved the two main characters.âÇÖ Tom Palmer, author of âÇÖResistâÇÖ, âÇÖAfter the WarâÇÖ.âÇÖSilver River Shadowáis a thing of beauty, living up to the promise of the gorgeous front cover.âÇÖ Erica Field, Teaching and Learning Advisor (KS2 -4)âÇÖ...I can imagine I would have been enthralled by the journey had I read it as a child. I can already think of children who will devour this in one sitting and then nag me for another.âÇÖ L Rigby, Primary LibrarianâÇÖ...it was brilliant. It was a thought-provoking book that made me aware of issues I had no idea about.âÇÖ Joanne Lovell, Assistant Headteacher