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When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

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Nothing will stop a strong-minded young Inuit girl from learning how to read.
Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. She must travel to the outsiders' school to learn, ignoring her father's warning of...

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