This month's pick is Five Little Ind ians by Michelle Good. \;
\n\"Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote\, church-run residential sc hool\, Kenny\, Lucy\, Clara\, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.
\nAlone an d without any skills\, support or families\, the teens find their way to t he seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver\, where they cli ng together\, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn&rsquo\;t want them. The paths of the five friends cross and cri sscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome\, or at least forget \, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission.
\nFuel led by rage and furious with God\, Clara finds her way into the dangerous\ , highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Maisie internalize s her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Famous for his daring escapes from the school\, Kenny can&rsquo\;t stop running a nd moves restlessly from job to job&mdash\;through fishing grounds\, orcha rds and logging camps&mdash\;trying to outrun his memories and his addicti on. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disord er as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share t ogether. After almost beating one of his tormentors to death\, Howie serve s time in prison\, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin lif e anew.
\nWith compassion and insight\, Five Little Indians chronicl es the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to te rms with their past and\, ultimately\, find a way forward.\"
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