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A stranger at home : a true story
Image from A Stranger at Home © 2011 Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Christy Jordan-Fenton (text), © 2011 Liz Amini-Holmes (art), published by Annick Press Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

A stranger at home : a true story
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2011
Book > Children's Book, Non-Fiction
Creators
Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret-Olemaun
Contributors
Jordan-Fenton, Christy; Amini-Holmes, Liz
Description
"Ten-year-old Margaret can hardly contain her excitement. After two years in a residential boarding school, she is finally headed for home. But when she stands before her family at last, her mother doesn't recognize her, shouting, 'Not my girl!' This was hardly the homecoming Margaret expected. She has forgotten her people's language and can't stomach her mother's food. She isn't even allowed to play with her friend Agnes, because she is now seen as too much like the despised outsiders. She has become a stranger to her own people"--back cover.

Subjects

Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.

More Information

Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
9781554513628; 9781554513611
Statement of Responsibility
Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton ; artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes.
Publication Information
Toronto : Annick Press
Physical Description
124 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. ; 24 cm
Notes
Sequel to: Fatty legs.
First Nations author.
Electronic Location and Access
Also available online (authentication may be required)
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