The story of a girl growing up in Nunavut in the 1970s.

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

...

An Inuit girl breaks her promise to her parents and is dragged under the sea ice by a troll. Only by keeping a promise is she able to return to her family.

Traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It's been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her, screaming, "Not my girl." Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. And Margaret is an outsider: she has forgotten the language and stories...

This atlas includes details on many aspects of Inuit in Canada with contemporary and historical photography, maps, art and a timeline.

Explores the key aboriginal legends of the Inuit.

Nadia Sammurtok lovingly invites the reader into the amautik--the pouch in the back of a mother's parka used to carry a child--to experience everything through the eyes of the baby nestled inside, from the cloudlike softness of the pouch to the glistening sound of Anaana's laughter.

Susan loves watching her mother write letters with a precious pencil. One afternoon when mom is away to help a neighbor, dad brings out the pencil. Susan begins drawing, and the pencil grows short.

As Owl swoops down and blocks the entrance to a lemming den, he is sure that he has a tasty meal in the little animal he has cornered. But this lemming is not about to be eaten! This smart little rodent will need to appeal to the boastful owl's sense of pride to get away. This fun and cheeky tale is accompanied by full-colour still photographs of illustrated characters on a hand-built set.

"A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian tribe known as the Inuit, including the Inuit Circumpolar Council and conflicts such as early encounters with Europeans on Baffin Island"--Provided by publisher.