Imagine you're a First Nations student, and all the stories you ever read represent your people as dead, dying or drunk. When oh when are writers going to give their readers a few positive First Nations role models? There was no need for the mother to die in the first sentence of this novel, nor for the father to be a drunk. Let's use a little imagination, you writers! Why couldn't the scenario have the father in a positive role, perhaps teaching the children about the land, when some accident happens, leaving them to fend for themselves. And why don't any of the editorial reviewers mention this tiresome sterotyping? Please do not buy this book.