Slipperjack, Ruby. 2001. Little Voice. Coteau Books. ISBN: 1-56055-182-8
Age: 10 - 14
Language: English
Subject: Children, Youth; Fiction; Ojibwe

This is a story about a girl whose father has died in an accident. The only time she is happy is when she’s on the land with her grandmother. As a result of her grandmother’s teaching Ray finds her identity.

Slipperjack, Ruby. 2000 (7th Printing). Honour the Sun. Winnipeg, MB: Pemmican Publications Inc. ISBN: 0-919143-44-X
Age: 10 - 14
Language: English
Subject: Children, Youth; Fiction; Ojibwe

The story is made up of diary entries from ten-year-old Owl. Through her diary, we meet her family, learn about the seasons and what it’s like to be ten years old.

Slipperjack, Ruby. 1992. Silent Words. Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House.
ISBN: 0-9920079-93-8
Age: 12+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Fiction; Ojibwe

Danny runs away from his father’s abusive girlfriend to look for his mother. On his travels, he meets a number of Aboriginal people and learns some of their values and beliefs. Danny is eventually reunited with his father, but ends up wounding him when he mistakes a woman at his father’s cabin for his former girlfriend.