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Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants

Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants
by Various contributors (Authors) and Rogé Girard (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This #OwnVoices poetry anthology written by young newcomers to Canada began in a high school in Outremont, Quebec, where author and poet Simon Boulerice conducted creative-writing workshops for young newcomers to Canada. As the students began writing, their poems gave voice to their reflections on leaving family, friends, and countries of origin to make new homes and connections in their new home.

Snippet: (Dohee Kim’s poem is on the back cover.)

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The Story of Bodri

The Story of Bodri
by Hédi Fried (Author), Stina Wirsén (Illustrator) and Linda Schenck (Translator)
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Booktalk: Hédi spends her days playing with her dog Bodri in the park, but her quiet world starts to crumble the day she hears Adolf Hitler on the radio. Germany’s leader hates her and her family, just because they are Jewish. And Hitler doesn’t even know them–it doesn’t make any sense. Soon Nazi Germany invades Hédi’s country, and her life changes forever.

Snippet: Bodri was my best friend. His coat was soft and brown.

My little sister thought Bodri belonged to her. Mother said he belonged to all of us.

But Bodri and I knew that most of all, he was mine.

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