No Time to Say Goodbye

Over the years, I have seen classroom teachers use this book with their senior classes but had just not taken time to read it until now. Now, I understand fully why this book should be used in every Canadian grade 7 or 8 classroom. I really felt like I had been taken inside the school, experiencing life through the eyes of Thomas, Wilson, Joey, Monica and Nelson. Their stories left me with so many emotions... through moments of sadness and fear, worry, heartbreak,anger, pain, sickness and nausea, and even pride and celebration. These children and their families were innocent victims of our government's racism. It is through remembering and retelling of these stories and developing compassion, tolerance and empathy in our society, that show more we can ensure these stories never happen again. Thank you to the authors and the six former students who contributed to this work for opening up their memories to the larger population. show less