Fatty legs : a true story
Book |
Annick Press,
Toronto :
c2010.
- 9 of 9 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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About
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.
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Details
- ISBN: 9781554512478
- ISBN: 1554512476
- ISBN: 9781773213507
- ISBN: 9781554512461 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1554512468 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 104 pages : ill. (some col.), col. maps.print
- Publisher: Toronto : Annick Press, c2010.
- General Note: LSC 12.95Grimsby's copy is the 10th Anniversary edition that includes new content like a foreword by noted Indigenous scholar Debbie Reese (Nambé Pueblo), founder of American Indians in Children’s Literature, the introduction and the first chapter of A Stranger at Home (the sequel to Fatty Legs), a new preface and an updated and revised afterword by the author.