Title: Blue Saltwater
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.
Subjects: Indian teenage boys, Fiction, Off-reservation boarding schools, Substance abuse, Haida Indians, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, action & adventure, British columbia, fiction
Places: British Columbia, Canada, Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.), Haida Gwaii (B.C.), Haida Gwaii, Vancouver, Downtown-Eastside