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Exploring the intricacies of power, culture and emotion when a non-Indigenous person moves to an Indigenous community as an educator, Jennifer Manuel casts a spell as captivating and perceptive as in her bestselling novel The Heaviness of Things That Float.

When new teacher Molleigh Royston moves to Tawakin―a remote Nuu-chah-nulth…

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1 author picked The Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved the risk the author took in the current climate of fear of cultural appropriation. Here she tells a moving story about a non-Indigenous teacher navigating the challenges of living and working in an Indigenous community.

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