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The back of the turtle : a novel / Thomas King.

King, Thomas, 1943- (author.).

Summary:

"Gabriel returns to Smoke River, the reserve where his mother grew up and to which she returned with Gabriel's sister. The reserve is deserted after an environmental disaster killed the population, including Gabriel's family and the local wildlife. Gabriel, a brilliant scientist working for DowSanto, created GreenSweep and indirectly led to the crisis. Now he has come to see the damage and to kill himself in the sea. But as he prepares to let the water take him, he sees a young girl in the waves. Plunging in, he saves her and soon is saving others. Who are these people with their long black hair and almond eyes who have fallen from the sky?"--www.amazon.ca.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1443431621
  • ISBN: 9781443431620
  • ISBN: 9781443446464
  • ISBN: 1443446467
  • Physical Description: 518 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2014]

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Finalist for The Governor General's Literary Awards 2014 (Canada)
Subject:
Scientists > Fiction.
Environmental disasters > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library KING 2014 287294 Fiction Reshelving -