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Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2014 — Silver Medal Forest of Reading, Silver Birch Awards -- Shortlisted MYRCA Award 2016 -- Shortlisted With Red Wolf, Jennifer Dance has come howling out of the wilderness ... and I'm deeply impressed. -- Joseph Boyden, Giller Prize -- winning author
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find?
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Jennifer Dance's Red Wolf is a heartrending, relentlessly compelling novel about the impact of the Indian Act of 1876 and the residential schools system upon indigenous cultures. Resource Links
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Dance's first novel addresses a horrific historical period and details Red Wolf's harsh awakening in painful, hard-hitting scenes . . . readers will finish with a strong sense of the abuses suffered by natives at the hands of settlers. Judith Ennamorato author of Sing the Brave Song
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Children and young adults alike will want to read Jennifer Dance's novel on the intertwined stories of a wolf and a First Nation boy. It is exactly the sort of story I loved when I was a boy. Canadian Materials
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With <em>Red Wolf</em>, Jennifer Dance has come howling out of the wilderness . . . and I'm deeply impressed. Joseph Boyden
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Told with great empathy and careful research, Jennifer Dance has done a good job of making us feel alienated, lost, and in between worlds ... an important book for young readers about the sad history of Canada's residential school system. Philippa Dowding
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With Red Wolf, Jennifer Dance has come howling out of the wilderness . . . and I'm deeply impressed. James Bartleman, Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
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The Dickensian world of any nineteenth-century boarding school, particularly a Canadian Indian residential school with the agonizing clash of indigenous and British cultures, is excellent fodder for Dance's powers of portrayal, and she gives a memorable picture of those who worked in these institutions. Resource Links
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While the topic is a difficult one, [Red Wolf] covers the realities faced by First Nations in the late 1800's in a realistic and broad-minded manner. James Bartleman, Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
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There are things that non-natives do not understand about our culture. This book will help with the understanding. Anishinabek News
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Red Wolf depicts an unquestionably shameful part of our history about which today's children should be informed. The novel serves that purpose while reinforcing our feelings of outrage and disgust. Chief Arnold General Confederacy Chief from the Onondaga tribe, Six Nations
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Although Red Wolf is marketed as juvenile fiction, it is a book that will appeal to all ages. Poignantly written from the perspective of both boy and wolf, it brilliantly encapsulates the fear, alienation and hopelessness felt by a child who is powerless against a system which seeks to annihilate his heritage, spiritual beliefs and family ties. Chief Arnold General Confederacy Chief from the Onondaga tribe, Six Nations
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Dance puts a human face to the history books by portraying the terror and confusion of a young boy ripped away from his family and forced to conform to the rules of a cruel and bigoted world he doesn't understand. What is especially impressive is how Dance manages to capture the internalized self-hatred forced upon the students of the residential schools. Stouffville Free Press
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This book could make a big impact on the way that non-aboriginals look at First Nations people.... I strongly believe it also has a place in healing the legacy of the residential schools within First Nations communities where lack of self identity and self respect still endure. Judith Ennamorato, author of Sing the Brave Song
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"Dance imbues the novel with lyrical prose and lilting rhythms, and the essence of what we've come to recognize in First Nation storytelling." Canadian Children's Book News
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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Moonbeam Children s Book Awards 2014 Silver Medal
Forest of Reading, Silver Birch Awards Shortlisted
MYRCA Award 2016 Shortlisted
Chosen for the Toronto Public Library's 2015 Great Reads for Kids collection
With Red Wolf, Jennifer Dance has come howling out of the wilderness and I'm deeply impressed. Joseph Boyden, Giller Prize winning author
Life is changing for Canada s Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory.
In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find?
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National Bestseller, Indigenous YA Fiction - Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Silver Medal - Silver Birch Award -- Shortlisted - MYRCA Award -- Shortlisted - Chosen for Toronto Public Library's 2015 Great Reads for Kids collection
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory.
In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find?
"With Red Wolf, Jennifer Dance has come howling out of the wilderness ... and I'm deeply impressed." -- Joseph Boyden, Giller Prize-winning author
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Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory.
In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find?
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At the end of the nineteenth century, both wolves and Canada's Native peoples are regarded as threats to be removed from the land to make way for logging and European settlement. Crooked Ear, a young timber wolf, watches as his family is slaughtered by lumberjacks. Starving and lonely, he is befriended by Red Wolf, a boy from the Anishnaabe Nation. But soon Red Wolf is forced to attend residential school, where his identity is reduced to a number and a new name: George.
And Crooked Ear is alone once more.
When the boy escapes from the school, Crooked Ear joins him. Pursued by the government agent and with the winter closing in, they make the perilous trip back to the reserve. Can Red Wolf's parents protect him from the Mounties who capture runaway children? And after years of indoctrination, where does he fit in? Has he become George?
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
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This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young
About the Author
Jennifer Dance was born in England and holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture and Animal Science from the University of the West Indies. She migrated to Canada in 1979. With family in the Native community, Jennifer has a passion for equality and justice for all people. Her first novel, Red Wolf, was endorsed by Giller Prize-winning author Joseph Boyden. An avid environmentalist, Jennifer lives on a small farm in Stouffville, Ontario.