Good for Nothing

By Michel Noel format: children's paperback publication: May 2004 ISBN: 9780888996169

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2005 winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction. "When the principal kicked me out of the residential school, he practically spat in my face. 'That's it, Lariviere. Get out of my sight. I know what you're in for. You'll end up in jail, a drunk who beats his wife and children, a shame to us all. Go on, if that's what you want. I know you Indians. You're good for nothing!' " For a time fifteen-year-old Nishish, a young Metis man, wonders whether the principal's prediction will come true, as he sees the grim future that awaits him both on the reserve and in the white man's world. Can he find his way with the help of wise friends, and a girl named Pinamen? Govern General's Award winnner Michael Noel, who is of Algonquian ancestry, portrays a world he knows very well in this gripping novel that is at once a mystery, a love story, a political thriller, and a tale of harrowing outdoor adventure.

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