During our last term of the year, our Year 4 classes will be participating in the Global Read Aloud Project (GRA) where classes all over the world connect with each other and discuss their thoughts and predictions about a chosen class novel.
Watch this video to learn more about the GRA.
Indian, No More book cover.
The book that has been chosen this year is Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis and Trace Sorell. Read the synopsis below and watch the book trailer, then read the question underneath the video and leave your answer as a comment.
For our international visitors, don’t forget to also tell us where you are from in your comment!
This story is told through 10 year old Regina Petit’s point of view in the 1950s. Her family belong to the Umpqua tribe living on the Grande Ronde reservation. However, when the government enacts a law saying that Regina’s tribe no longer exists, her family must move from their traditional land to Los Angeles. Regina discovers a whole new world in her new neighbourhood. She and her family are faced with challenges of racism and deciding what is important, her family’s culture and traditions or fitting in with the white Americans at school.