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Funeral songs for dying girls / Cherie Dimaline.
"Funeral Songs For Dying Girls is a young adult novel about an Indigenous girl who lives on the grounds of a cemetery with her widowed father."-- Provided by publisher.
"Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky red wagon to visit the neglected gravesides and nursing a serious crush on her best friend, Jack. Her habit of wandering the graveyard at all hours has started a rumor that Winterson Cemetery might be haunted. It's welcome news since the crematorium is on the verge of closure and her father's job being outsourced. Now that the ghost tours have started, Winifred just might be able to save her father's job and the only home she's ever known, not to mention being able to stay close to where her mother is buried. All she has to do is get help from her con-artist cousin to keep up the rouse and somehow manage to stop her father from believing his wife has returned from the grave. But when an actual ghost of a teen girl, Phil, who lived and died in the ravine next to the cemetery, starts showing up, Winifred begins to question everything she believes about life, love and death--and, most importantly, love."-- Front jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735265639
- ISBN: 0735265631
- Physical Description: 271 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Tundra, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
- Citation/References Note:
- Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (April 4, 2024) https://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 14-17
- Additional Physical Form available Note:
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Awards Note:
- American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor, 2024
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | YA DIMA 2023 | 100000672 | YA | Available | - |