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The Journal

2015

13-year-old Kami, the daughter of a Japanese-Canadian mother and a Scottish-Canadian father, moves with her mother from Vancouver to Edmonton. Here she hopes to reunite with the father who appears to have abandoned her. While rummaging through family boxes, she finds an old diary written by her greatgrandmother. Newspaper clippings inside send her hurtling back in time to 1929, where she encounters extreme prejudice because of her Asian features. After a number of disturbing adventures, Kami is taken in as a domestic servant by Judge Emily Murphy, one of the famous five, at the time of her battle to have women declared persons - a defining moment in the struggle for women's rights. Although Kami views Judge Murphy as a heroine, she is startled to discover that Murphy holds racist views. On her return to the present, Kami must come to terms, not only with her own heritage, but how she views the ongoing struggle for the rights of all persons.--Publisher's description.
human rights canada women's rights history racism fiction time travel 20th century juvenile fiction (emily ferguson), murphy, emily f. 1868-1933

Authors

Lois Donovan

Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
jC813/.6 [Fic]
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23 23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
ISBN
9781553803508 9781553803522
LCCN
PZ7.D72285 PR9199.4.D666
LCCN Item number
Jo 2015eb J69 2015eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (198 pages)
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00235588 (OCoLC)905362019 (CaOOCEL)467359
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

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