Piece by piece : stories about fitting into Canada

Title
Piece by piece : stories about fitting into Canada

Summary
A young-adult anthology featuring original stories by some of Canada's finest writers who were born in another country and who struggled to fit in. The stories explore fourteen journeys from the shock of first impressions to the writers' first stirrings of "becoming Canadian" and what that meant to them.

Year Published
2010

Physical Description
183 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
My piece / Teresa Totem -- Red maple leaves / Svetlana Chmakova -- Snapshots from the fringes / Rachna Gilmore -- You're not from around here, are you? / Linda Granfield -- What is for you, is for you / Richardo Keens-Douglas -- [... etc.]

Age Interest level
9-12.

Grade Interest level
7-10

Subject
Immigrants -- Canada -- Biography.
 
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
 
Short stories, Canadian.
 
Authors, Canadian (English) -- 20th century -- Biography.
 
Canadian authors -- 20th century -- Biography.
 
Short stories.
 
Immigrants--Canada--Biography--Literature
 
Authors, Canadian (English)--20th century--Biography--Literature
 
Immigrants -- Canada -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
 
Écrivains canadiens anglais -- 20e siècle -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.

Geographic Term
Canada.

Added Author
Toten, Teresa, 1955-

Summary
A young-adult anthology featuring original stories by some of Canada's finest writers who were born in another country and who struggled to fit in. The stories explore fourteen journeys from the shock of first impressions to the writers' first stirrings of "becoming Canadian" and what that meant to them.

ISBN
9780670068494

Publisher
Toronto : Puffin Canada , 2010.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
McLeodF PIEBook30200000008409Non-Fiction