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Gr 4–8—This is a powerful and moving autobiographical account, set in the 1940s, of one headstrong girl from an Inuvialuit community in the Arctic Circle. Margaret desperately wished to attend one of the church-run schools that had been established in a town that was accessible only in the summer months. Her desire to learn the magic of reading was greater than her fear of the unknown or leaving her family and familiar way of life, and so her parents reluctantly agreed to allow her to att...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Olemaun, an Inuit girl, is eager to learn to read; she volunteers to attend a church-run residential school and suffers te...Log In or Sign Up to Read More