![]() ![]() ![]() As the friendship grows between this Shuswap Indian and former city girl, the reader starts to see the racial equality struggles of Canadians take shape. You have to feel sorry for Ellen, who is more comfortable with books than people, and starts her senior year at a new school where students and teachers alike believe she is way too ambitious for a girl.Īll of this starts to change when we meet Tony Paul, a schoolmate of Ellen's who is seemingly as subdued as she is. Your typical bookworm with big city ideas, Ellen is considered to be a radical in the small, Canadian town her parents forced her to move to. The story is historical fiction although, aside from the creation of the main characters, this young adult book is more history than fiction.Įllen Manery is quietly outspoken and smart. ![]() Donalda Reid is gutsy to take on heavy racial undertones in her first novel They Way It Is. ![]()
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