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Fatty legs : a true story
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- ISBN: 9781554514090
- ISBN: 1554514096
- ISBN: 9781554512461
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- ISBN: 9781554512478
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1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color), color map - Publisher: Toronto : Annick Press, ©2010.
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- Association of Canadian Publishers
The moving memoir of an Inuit girl who emerges from a residential school with her spirit intact. - Association of Canadian Publishers
Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend school, but he warns Margaret of the terrors of residential schools.At school Margaret soon encounters the Raven, a black-cloaked nun with a hooked nose and bony fingers that resemble claws. She immediately dislikes the strong-willed young Margaret. Intending to humiliate her, the heartless Raven gives gray stockings to all the girls â all except Margaret, who gets red ones. In an instant Margaret is the laughingstock of the entire school.In the face of such cruelty, Margaret refuses to be intimidated and bravely gets rid of the stockings. Although a sympathetic nun stands up for Margaret, in the end it is this brave young girl who gives the Raven a lesson in the power of human dignity.Complemented by archival photos from Margaret Pokiak-Fentonâs collection and striking artworks from Liz Amini-Holmes, this inspiring first-person account of a plucky girlâs determination to confront her tormentor will linger with young readers. - Baker & Taylor
Looks at the experiences of a strong-willed young Inuit girl who receives permission from her father to travel to a residential religious school run by non-Inuit outsiders, where she struggles to adapt to the new way of living.
