{"product_id":"seven-fallen-feathers-by-tanya-talaga-9781487002268","title":"Seven Fallen Feathers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeven Fallen Feathers\u003c\/em\u003e by Tanya Talaga has received numerous accolades:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Writers' Trust Prize for Political Writing\u003cbr\u003e\nWinner, 2017 RBC Taylor Prize\u003cbr\u003e\nWinner, 2017 First Nation Communities Read: Young Adult\/Adult\u003cbr\u003e\nWinner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her work\u003cbr\u003e\nFinalist, 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller explores systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems, and Indigenous rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the span of eleven years, seven Indigenous high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were hundreds of kilometres away from their families, forced to leave home because there was no adequate high school on their reserves. Five were found dead in the rivers surrounding Lake Superior, below a sacred Indigenous site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of these students, award-winning author Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest Canada's long struggle with human rights violations against Indigenous communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558998163692,"sku":"9781487002268","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781487002268-seven-fallen-feathers.jpg?v=1776926113","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/seven-fallen-feathers-by-tanya-talaga-9781487002268","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}