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Not my girl  Cover Image Book Book

Not my girl

Jordan-Fenton, Christy (author.). Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret (author.). Grimard, Gabrielle, (illustrator.). Jordan-Fenton, Christy Stranger at home. (Added Author).

Summary: Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.

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  • ISBN: 9781554516254
  • ISBN: 1554516250
  • ISBN: 9781554516247
  • ISBN: 1554516242
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    34 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Annick Press, 2014.

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General Note:
Previously published as: A stranger at home.
Sequel to: When I was eight.
Subject: Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature
Inuit women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Inuit -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile literature
Inuit -- Cultural assimilation -- Canada -- Juvenile literature
Genre: Biographies.
Topic Heading: Inuit.
Aboriginal.
First Nation
Aboriginal
Adrienne Gear: Reading power.
Indigenous collection.

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  • 20 of 20 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.

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Smithers Public Library E JOR (Text) 35101000430236 Children's room Volume hold Available -

Summary: Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.
Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders' school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes towards her waiting family -- but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can't be her daughter. "Not my girl!" she says angrily. Margaret's years at school have changed her. Now ten years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish. She can't even stomach her mother's food. Her only comfort is in the books she learned to read at school.
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