Wilson, Janet,

Shannen and the dream for a school / Janet Wilson. - Toronto : Second Story Press, c2011. - 206 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm. - A kids' power book .

Includes some text in Cree.

Shannen Koostachin was a student growing up in Attawapiskat First Nation, a small community in Northern Ontario. The local school closed 20 years ago after an oil spill and since then the children have had nothing but a few portables to learn in. This is the story of Shannen's fight to have a new school built in her community.

ISBN: 9781926920306 :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political activists -- Ontario -- Attawapiskat -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cree teenagers -- Ontario -- Attawapiskat -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Cree teenagers
Children's rights -- Ontario -- Attawapiskat -- Juvenile literature. Children's rights
Cree children -- Education -- Ontario -- Attawapiskat -- Juvenile literature. Cree children
Cree Indians -- Ontario -- Attawapiskat -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature. Cree Indians
Cree Indians -- Juvenile literature.
Cree First Nation -- Juvenile literature.
First Nations -- Juvenile literature.
Attawapiskat (Ont.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010 -- Juvenile literature.