The Education of Augie Merasty : University of Regina Press : 9780889774575 : 0889774579 : 15 Mar 2017 : The harrowing story of one Indigenous child's experience in Canada's residential schools Named the fourth most important ?Book of the Year? by the National Post and voted ?One Book/One Province? in Saskatchewan, The Education of Augie Merasty launched on the front page of The Globe and Mail to become a national bestseller. Publishers Weekly called the book ?historically significant,? and The Toronto Star recommended it as a must read for ?any Canadian interested in truth and reconciliation.? Writing in The Globe and Mail, educator J.D.M. Stewart noted that it ?is well suited to a teenage audience because of its brevity and frankness.? This new edition includes a Learning Guide that deepens our understanding of the residential school experience, making it ideal for classroom and book club use. It also features a new postscript by David Carpenter, describing how the publication of