Dreamspeaker
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Dreamspeaker is a novel by Canadian author Anne Cameron. It was first published in 1978 by Clarke, Irwin & Company.
It centers on the life of an 11 year old boy, Peter Baxter, who is committed to an institution for delinquent boys. He ran away and met a First Nations man. The story won the Gibson Award for liturature.
In 1979 a television film was made starring Ian Tracey as Peter Baxter, directed by Claude Jutra. The film won seven Canadian Film Awards.
