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Weird Rules to Follow

Kim Spencer

Ages: 9+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

ISBN: 978-1-4598-3558-0

Keywords: indigenous people, classism, salmon

A close friendship evolves between middle schoolers Mia, Native Indian, and comparatively privileged Mexican Hungarian Canadian Lara, who live in a fishing community in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.