Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
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"Olemaun is eight, and even it means leaving her Arctic home, she is determined to go to the faraway school where she will learn how to read. The nuns at the school do everything to rob her of her dignity: they change her name to Margaret, cut off her long braids, and force her to do menial chores. But the feisty young girl is more determined than ever to learn to read. Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Finton, When I Was Eight makes her...
2) Not my girl
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"Margarent leaps off the board and reaces toward her family. It's been two years since she left her arctic home for the outsiders' school, and she can barely contain her excitement. But her mother stands stone-still. 'Not my girl,' she says angrily. Margaret is now ten, and her years at school have changed her. She has forgotten her language and can't stomach her mother's food. What's more, her best friend if forbidden to play with her. Now...
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"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...