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.
Authors
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- CaOOCEL
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- jC813/.6 [Fic]
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781553803508 9781553803522
- LCCN
- PZ7.D72285 PR9199.4.D666
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- Jo 2015eb J69 2015eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (198 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00235588 (OCoLC)905362019 (CaOOCEL)467359
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
- Chapter 1 The House 10
- Chapter 2 The Letter 19
- Chapter 3 The Journal 27
- Chapter 4 The Party 33
- Chapter 5 Knights of the Air 39
- Chapter 6 Blatchford Field 47
- Chapter 7 A Friend 53
- Chapter 8 The School Bully 60
- Chapter 9 The Judge 71
- Chapter 10 Miss Evelyn 80
- Chapter 11 The Accident 89
- Chapter 12 The “Talk” 96
- Chapter 13 The Homecoming 102
- Chapter 14 The Plan 107
- Chapter 15 Drew 114
- Chapter 16 The New School 123
- Chapter 17 A Risky Decision 136
- Chapter 18 Mistaken Identity 145
- Chapter 19 The Famous Five 152
- Chapter 20 The Birthday Dinner 166
- Chapter 21 Another Botched Birthday 174
- Chapter 22 The Debate 185
- Chapter 23 The Beginning 192
- Notes 206
- About The Author 208
- Back Cover 210