Fatty Legs A True Story

Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

eBook - 2010

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 b...ravely 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...

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Published
Annick Press
Language
English
Main Authors
Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
Format
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size5 GB
ISBN9781554515882
Release Date8/1/2010
Kindle Book
ASINB071HTH7W3
Release Date8/1/2010
OverDrive Read eBook
File Size5 GB
ISBN9781554515882
Release Date8/1/2010