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Outcasts of River Falls
by Jacqueline Guest
Ages: 9+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Coteau
ISBN: 978-1-55050-480-4
Keywords: Diversity, Halfbreed, Métis
When Kathryn, now orphaned, is sent to live with Aunt Belle in Western Canada, she learns that she is Métis, a mixed-race people who have no rights. She fights for justice.