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Weird rules to follow / Kim Spencer.

Summary:

In the 1980s, the coastal fishing town of Prince Rupert is booming. There is plenty of sockeye salmon in the nearby ocean, which means the fishermen are happy and there is plenty of work at the cannery. Eleven-year-old Mia and her best friend, Lara, have known each other since kindergarten. Like most tweens, they like to hang out and compare notes on their crushes and dream about their futures. But even though they both live in the same cul-de-sac, Mia's life is very different from her non-Indigenous, middle-class neighbor. Lara lives with her mom, her dad and her little brother in a big house, with two cars in the drive and a view of the ocean. Mia lives in a shabby wartime house that is full of relatives--her churchgoing grandmother, binge-drinking mother and a rotating number of aunts, uncles and cousins. Even though their differences never seemed to matter to the two friends, Mia begins to notice how adults treat her differently, just because she is Indigenous. Teachers, shopkeepers, even Lara's parents--they all seem to have decided who Mia is without getting to know her first.

"In this novel for middle readers told in vignettes, Mia and her best friend Lara have very different experiences growing up in a northern fishing community in the 1980s."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781459835580
ISBN: 1459835581
ISBN: 9781518285820
ISBN: 1518285821
Physical Description: 183 pages ; 20 cm
Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:	009-011
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.
Awards Note:	USBBY Outstanding International Books (IBBY), 2023