Back of the Turtle, The
Winner of the 2013 Governor General's award for fiction, “The Back of the Turtle” is the stylistically rich, multi-layered tale of a BC First Nations community virtually destroyed by an environmental disaster. Gabriel, one of the main architects of the disaster, returns home to the community intending to drown himself in the sea, but instead finds his life interwoven with the lives of the few remaining inhabitants.
Collections:
Indigenous, ARC-BC, Novel
Subject:
English Language Arts
Grades:
- 11-12
Evaluation Date:
Canadian Content
Social Considerations
Indigenous Content
