Jennifer McCaffrey has been working hard on her art for years and is thrilled when she is accepted to a prestigious art school.

The school is everything she always thought it would be, mostly. There is one group of kids who seem to resent her and say she only got in because of her skin color. Jen, who loves to create new pieces of artwork that incorporate her Indigenous heritage, finds herself a target when the group tells her to stop being “so Indian”. The night before the big art show at school, Jen’s beading art project is defaced. Jen has to find a way not to let the haters win.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Key Selling Points

• A young artist is thrilled to be accepted at a prestigious art school but then learns that some feel she hasn’t earned her place. 
• This book explores the themes of racism, prejudice and the importance of standing up for what you believe in. 
• There is a demand for stories that offer an Indigenous perspective on teenage struggles. 
• Melanie Florence's book, Missing Nimâmâ, was the winner of the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and most recently, Stolen Words won the 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Award and is short-listed for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.
• Dreaming in Color is a companion novel to the bestselling He Who Dreams (the main character is John’s sister). 
• Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.

À propos de l'auteur

Florence, Melanie

Melanie Florence is a writer of Cree and Scottish heritage and has been writing full-time since 2010. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, Stolen Words, which won the 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and the bestselling Orca Soundings titles He Who Dreams and Dreaming in Color. She lives in Toronto with her family.