亲爱的加拿大：这是我的话

著名作家Ruby Slipperjack于1966年发表了一部令人难忘的小说，讲述了一名12岁女孩在一所寄宿学校的经历。
Violet Pesheens正在努力适应寄宿学校的新生活。她想念她的祖母；她曾与克里族的女孩发生过口角；在她的“白人”学校，每个人都盯着她看；她带来的一切都被夺走了，包括她的名字——她现在只是一个数字。但最糟糕的是，她有一种恐惧。害怕忘记她最珍爱的东西：她的语言；她以前认识的人的名字；还有她的传统习俗。害怕忘记她是谁。
她的笔记本是她记录所有烦恼、心碎和回忆的地方。也许，只是也许隧道尽头会有希望。
Ruby Slipperjack根据自己在寄宿学校的经历，在《紫罗兰》中塑造了一位勇敢但令人心碎的女主人公，让年轻读者得以窥见我们国家历史上极其重要的一章。
Dear Canada: These Are My Words
Acclaimed author Ruby Slipperjack delivers a haunting novel about a 12-year-old girl’s experience at a residential school in 1966.
Violet Pesheens is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her “white” school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name—she is now just a number. But worst of all, she has a fear. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most: her Anishnabe language; the names of those she knew before; and her traditional customs. A fear of forgetting who she was.
Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. And maybe, just maybe there will be hope at the end of the tunnel.
Drawing from her own experiences at residential school, Ruby Slipperjack creates a brave, yet heartbreaking heroine in Violet, and lets young readers glimpse into an all-too important chapter in our nation’s history.

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