Written by David Alexander Robertson; illustrated by Scott Henderson--Cover p. [4]. "Original storyboards by Steven Keewatin Sanderson"--Cover verso. "Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, elder from Cross Lake First Nation"--Cover p. [3]. Cover title.

"A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalled the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive"