Fatty Legs
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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 -- 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-Fenton's collection and striking artworks from Liz Amini-Holmes, this inspiring first-person account of a plucky girl's determination to confront her tormentor will linger with young readers.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1554512468
ISBN13:9781554512461
Release Date:September 2010
Publisher:Annick Press
Length:104 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.2" x 8.9"
Age Range:9 to 11 years
Grade Range:Grades 4 to 6
Customer Reviews
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Important Memoir
Published by Laura Boynton , 4 years ago
I purchased this book because we have many Native American children in our school and their experiences are not reflected in most of the books in our classroom library. While the girl in this book is from a Native Canadian tribe, her experiences in a residential school mirror the experiences of Natives in our country. Did you know these residential schools were operating as late as the 1980s?! This is a touching story about missing family, persistence in the face of ridicule, kindness in unexpected places and a girl who learns what is important to her.
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