Publisher: New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2011.
Summary:
In this emotionally intense novel, this story is set in the 1960s, written from multiple perspectives. My Name is Not Easy is about 5 Native American children who are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school, where despite them being from different tribes and culture, come together and find a new family and home.
Luke knows his I’nupiaq name is said to be too difficult and full of sounds the white people can’t say. He and his brother Bunna are sent Alaska’s Sacred Heart boarding school, miles away from their village and separated from their third brother who is kidnapped and taken to Texas. Their cultures, their languages and even their names are treated as if they are nothing and something to be forgotten. But times are changing and Luke and his friends, are ready to right some wrongs.
In this descriptive and character-driven story, My Name is Not Easy explains the displacement, loss and the growth that many Native American had to endure and shines a light on a side of history that is often forgotten.
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