<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Jordan-Fenton, Christy,]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Jordan-Fenton, Christy,]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/ottawa/rss/search?query=Jordan-Fenton%2C%20Christy%2C&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:17:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Fatty Legs]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl bullied by a teacher while attending an Arctic residential school.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C586966</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C586966</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/586966026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554512478/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatty Legs]]></title><description><![CDATA["The beloved story of an Inuvialuk girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. 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. With important updates since it first hit the shelves a decade ago, this new edition of Fatty Legs will continue to resonate with readers young and old."--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1222818</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1222818</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1222818026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781773213507/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1112158842</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatty Legs]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 the strong-willed young Margaret. Intending to humiliate her, the heartless Raven gives gray stockings to all the girls; all except Margaret, who gets red ones. In an instant Margaret is the laughingstock of the entire school. In the face of such cruelty, Margaret refuses to be intimidated and bravely gets rid of the stockings. Although a sympathetic nun stands up for Margaret, in the end it is this brave young girl who gives the Raven a lesson in the power of human dignity.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1044704</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1044704</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1044704026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554514090/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=173-2017-eBook-17FXNebookMay15-20170518</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I Was Eight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adaptation of: Fatty legs. This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C726089</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C726089</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/726089026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554514915/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I Was Eight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adaptation of: Fatty legs. This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1235919</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1235919</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1235919026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554515318/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Stranger at Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sequel to: Fatty legs. Traveling to be reunited with her family in the Arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It's been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her, screaming, "Not my girl." Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. And Margaret is an outsider: she has forgotten the language and stories of her people, and she can't even stomach the food her mother prepares. However, Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family's way of living. Along the way, she discovers how important it is to remain true to the ways of her people -- and to herself.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C634667</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C634667</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/634667026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554513628/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Stranger at Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It's been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers.Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her, screaming, "Not my girl." Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. And Margaret is an outsider: she has forgotten the language and stories of her people, and she can't even stomach the food her mother prepares. However, Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family's way of living. Along the way, she discovers how important it is to remain true to the ways of her people; and to herself.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1044710</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1044710</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1044710026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554514182/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Étrangère chez moi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Curieuse et entêtée, sachant qu'elle y apprendrait à lire comme sa soeur, Olemaun Pokiak a voulu fréquenter l'école des Blancs. Après deux ans d'absence durant lesquels on a gommé sa culture d'Inuvialiut, tout en lui imposant de dures corvées, Olemaun revient chez elle. Elle peine cependant à renouer avec ses anciennes habitudes alimentaires et vestimentaires autochtones. Puisque sa famille ne retourne pas sur l'île de Banks et demeure à Tuk, où son père peut travailler pour la GRC, la jeune fille parvient très difficilement à communiquer avec les siens, sauf avec son amie Agnès qui revient elle aussi d'Aklavik, malgré que leurs mères voient d'un mauvais oeil qu'elles parlent anglais. Pour ajouter à sa confusion, sa famille lui interdit la prière et tient à se qu'elle se plie à leurs habitudes. Son père, qui parle aussi la langue des Blancs, l'aide cependant à reprendre confiance en elle afin qu'elle retrouver sa place avant de devoir repartir. [SDM].]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C666159</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C666159</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/666159026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>une histoire vraie</subtitle><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443118750/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Les bas du pensionnat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Margaret supplie son père de la laisser aller à l'école des étrangers. Il finit par accepter. Mais avant, il met sa fille en garde : comme l'eau façonne la pierre, les étrangers vont façonner son esprit et le rendront étroit. Au pensionnat, Margaret ne tarde pas à faire la connaissance du Corbeau, une religieuse au nez crochu et aux doigts longs et osseux comme des serres. Bien vite, le Corbeau se heurte à la fillette au tempérament fort. Pour lui montrer à quel point elle lui déplaît, le Corbeau distribue des bas gris à toutes les filles... sauf à Margaret qui en reçoit des rouge vif. La fillette devient aussitôt la risée de toute l'école.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C624041</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C624041</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/624041026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>une histoire vraie</subtitle><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443111041/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Étrangère chez moi]]></title><description><![CDATA[See below for English description.Margaret a dix ans et elle se réjouit à l'idée de rentrer à la maison après avoir passé deux ans dans un pensionnat. Mais quand elle retrouve enfin sa famille, sa mère ne la reconnaît pas et crie : « Pas ma fille! » Cet accueil n'est pas celui que Margaret espérait. Elle a oublié la langue de son peuple et a du mal à avaler la nourriture de sa mère. Margaret n'a même pas le droit de jouer avec son amie Agnès parce que les gens trouvent qu'elle ressemble trop aux étrangers détestés. Elle est devenue une étrangère parmi les siens. Dans ce deuxième livre extraordinaire, Margaret dépeint le portrait de son apprentissage difficile pour retrouver sa place et réconcilier son ancienne personnalité avec la nouvelle.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, besause she is now seen as too much like the despised outsiders. She has become a stranger to her own people. In this extaordinary sequel to Fatty Legs (Les bas du pensionnat) Margaret must begin a painful journey of learning how to fit again, how to reconcile her old self with the new. Original title: A Stranger at Home: A True Story]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1530859</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1530859</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1530859026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039706170/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=New</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quand j'avais huit ans]]></title><description><![CDATA[See below for English description.Une adaptation du roman à succès Les bas du pensionnat pour les lecteurs débutants! Olemaun a huit ans et elle sait beaucoup de choses. Mais elle ne sait pas lire. Faisant fi des avertissements de son père, elle effectue un long voyage pour aller à l'école des étrangers. Au pensionnat, les religieuses lui retirent son nom. Elles rasent ses cheveux et la forcent à faire des tâches ménagères, mais Olemaun demeure imperturbable. Sa ténacité attire l'attention d'une religieuse vêtue d'une longue robe noire, qui tente de briser son esprit à la moindre occasion. Mais Olemaun est plus déterminée que jamais à apprendre à lire. Basé sur la vraie histoire de Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, cet album rend le roman à succès Les bas du pensionnat accessible aux lecteurs plus jeunes. Maintenant, eux aussi peuvent faire la rencontre de cette jeune fille remarquable qui nous rappelle tout le pouvoir que l'on détient quand on sait lire.Bestselling memoir Les bas du pensionnat (Fatty Legs) for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn. The nuns at the school call her Margaret. They cut off her long hair and force her to do menial chores, but she remains undaunted. Her tenacity draws the attention of a black-cloaked nun who tries to break her spirit at every turn. But the young girl is more determined than ever to learn how to read. Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and complemented by stunning illustrations created by Gabrielle Grimard, Quand j'avais huit ans makes the bestselling Les bas du pensionnat accessible to younger readers. Now they, too, can meet this remarkable girl who reminds us what power we hold when we can read. Original title: When I Was Eight]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1530858</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1530858</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1530858026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039706187/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=New</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I Was Eight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Memoir  Fatty Legs  for younger readers.  Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn. The nuns at the school call her Margaret. They cut off her long hair and force her to do menial chores, but she remains undaunted. Her tenacity draws the attention of a black-cloaked nun who tries to break her spirit at every turn. But the young girl is more determined than ever to learn how to read. Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1329838</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1329838</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1329838026</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781773215235/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not My Girl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sequel to When I was eight. Adaptation of A stranger at home. Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders' school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes towards her waiting family -- but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can't be her daughter. "Not my girl!" she says angrily. Margaret's years at school have changed her. Now ten years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish. She can't even stomach her mother's food. Her only comfort is in the books she learned to read at school.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1235917</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1235917</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1235917026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554516278/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not My Girl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sequel to When I was eight. Adaptation of A stranger at home. Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders' school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes towards her waiting family -- but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can't be her daughter. "Not my girl!" she says angrily. Margaret's years at school have changed her. Now ten years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish. She can't even stomach her mother's food. Her only comfort is in the books she learned to read at school.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C759952</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C759952</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/759952026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781554516254/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Où est ma fille?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Après deux années passées à l'école loin de chez elle, Margaret est excitée à l'idée de rentrer à la maison, dans l'Arctique, et de retrouver sa famille. Mais la réaction de sa mère n'est pas celle qu'elle espérait. Margaret a changé. Elle a oublié comment chasser et pêcher, et elle a même oublié sa langue maternelle. La petite fille retrouvera-t-elle sa place au sein de sa famille?"--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1366270</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1366270</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1366270026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle/><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443196567/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Stranger at Home]]></title><description><![CDATA["Traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic, ten-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It's been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her, screaming, 'Not my girl.' Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. And Margaret is an outsider: she has forgotten the language and stories of her people, and she can't even stomach the food her mother prepares. However, Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family's way of living. Along the way, she discovers how important it is to remain true to the ways of her people, and to herself."--Container]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1323508</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1323508</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1323508026</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781773215204/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatty Legs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The beloved story of an Inuvialuk girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. 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. With important updates since it first hit the shelves a decade ago, this new edition of Fatty Legs will continue to resonate with readers young and old.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1308365</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1308365</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1308365026</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781773213538/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(Sirsi)</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quand j'avais huit ans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Curieuse, entêtée et bien décidée à apprendre à lire comme sa sœur aînée, Olemaun Pokiak supplie ses parents de l'envoyer à l'école des Blancs, et ce, en dépit des réticences de son père. Après plusieurs refus, ce dernier fléchit et la dépose à contrecœur au pensionnat, où les religieuses lui coupent les cheveux, la rebaptisent Margaret et remplacent sa parka par une robe chasuble en tissu mince et des sous-vêtements rugueux. La fillette y est également affectée à de dures corvées, soi-disant destinées à nettoyer son âme, par une sœur cruelle et autoritaire. Cette dernière prend un malin plaisir à l'humilier, que ce soit en l'enfermant dans la cave plongée dans le noir ou en la forçant à porter des bas rouges qui lui valent les railleries de ses camarades.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1162517</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1162517</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan-Fenton, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1162517026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle/><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443174107/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=(CaQTBC)STC90-1501555</image_url></item></channel></rss>