![]() In the face of such cruelty, Margaret refuses to be intimidated and bravely gets rid of the stockings. In an instant Margaret is the laughingstock of the entire school. ![]() Intending to humiliate her, the heartless Raven gives gray stockings to all the girls - all except Margaret, who gets red ones. She immediately dislikes the strong-willed young Margaret. ![]() 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.Īt school Margaret soon encounters the Raven, a black-cloaked nun with a hooked nose and bony fingers that resemble claws. The moving memoir of an Inuit girl who emerges from a residential school with her spirit intact.Įight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. ![]()
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