Bibliograph

Fatty legs, a true story, Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton ; Artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes

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Fatty legs, a true story, Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton ; Artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Fatty legs

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Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton ; Artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes

Sub title

a true story

Summary

Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton's powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir's 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book's impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A Stranger at Home. New content includes a foreword from Dr. Debbie Reese, noted Indigenous scholar and founder of American Indians in Children's Literature, while Christy Jordan-Fenton, mother of Margaret's grandchildren and a key player in helping Margaret share her stories, discusses the impact of the book in a new preface

Target audience

juvenile

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