Blue Saltwater
Subtitle: a novel
By: Dan Green
Publisher: Createspace]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [U.S
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781451581249
Subjects: Indian teenage boys; Fiction; Off-reservation boarding schools; Substance abuse; Haida Indians
Description: Blue Saltwater is sent to the abusive world of a residential school after his family perishes in a fire.  After escaping to Vancouver, Blue is overwhelmed by the Downtown Eastside and slips into addiction.  A chance encounter with a friend brings him a chance for rehabilitation as Blue sails home to Haida Gwaii.