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The back of the turtle : a novel / Thomas King.

By: Publication details: Toronto : HarperCollins, c2014.Edition: 1st edDescription: 518 pISBN:
  • 1443431621
  • 9781443431620
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • FIC
Summary: "Gabriel returns to Smoke River, the reserve where his mother grew up and to which she returned with Gabriel<U+2019>s sister. The reserve is deserted after an environmental disaster killed the population, including Gabriel<U+2019>s family and the local wildlife. Gabriel, a brilliant scientist working for DowSanto, created GreenSweep and indirectly led to the crisis. Now he has come to see the damage and to kill himself in the sea. But as he prepares to let the water take him, he sees a young girl in the waves. Plunging in, he saves her and soon is saving others. Who are these people with their long black hair and almond eyes who have fallen from the sky?"--www.amazon.ca.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Flesherton Branch Shelves FIC King (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 32241001080847
Fiction Kimberley Branch Shelves FIC King (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36990002017705
Fiction Markdale Branch Shelves FIC KING (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33436003087423

"Gabriel returns to Smoke River, the reserve where his mother grew up and to which she returned with Gabriel<U+2019>s sister. The reserve is deserted after an environmental disaster killed the population, including Gabriel<U+2019>s family and the local wildlife. Gabriel, a brilliant scientist working for DowSanto, created GreenSweep and indirectly led to the crisis. Now he has come to see the damage and to kill himself in the sea. But as he prepares to let the water take him, he sees a young girl in the waves. Plunging in, he saves her and soon is saving others. Who are these people with their long black hair and almond eyes who have fallen from the sky?"--www.amazon.ca.

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