As Long as the Rivers Flow | 
pickThis sad and beautiful picture book tells a fictionalized story about the days before the author and his siblings were taken away to residential schools for Native American children. It feels like the author is using the story to try to recapture a time of freedom, innocence, family, and community that he lost when he was taken away. My 11yo said he liked it but that the ending was abrupt. (Another from the Build Your Library booklist, level 5.)
Come-read-with-me The cover looks sad, but it sounds like a book that would touch your heart. 4y
ImperfectCJ @Come-read-with-me The art throughout is beautiful and so full of emotion. 4y