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Journal of a Travelling Girl by Nadine Neema, Archie Beaverho, Joseph Judas, Antoine Bear Rock Mountain is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This fictional coming-of-age story traces a young girl's reluctant journey by canoe through the ancestral lands of the Tłı̨chǫ People, as she gradually comes to understand and appreciate their culture and the significance of their fight for self-government. " Journal of a Travelling Girl deserves to be in every northern classroom. There is so much to learn here, and there is so much to celebrate." —Richard Van Camp, Tłįchǫ author of The Lesser Blessed and Moccasin Square Gardens Eleven-year-old Julia has lived in Wekweètì, NWT, since she was five. Although the people of Wekweètì have always treated her as one of their own, Julia sometimes feels like an outsider, disconnected from the traditions and ancestral roots that are so central to the local culture. When Julia sets off on the canoe trip she is happy her best friends, Layla and Alice, will also be there. However, the trip is nothing like she expected. She is afraid of falling off the boat, of bears, and of storms. Layla's grandparents (who Julia calls Grandma and Grandpa) put her to work but won't let her paddle the canoe. While on land Julia would rather goof around with her friends than do chores. Gradually, Grandma and

Who reads Journal of a Travelling Girl?

Author

Nadine Neema, Archie Beaverho, Joseph Judas, Antoine Bear Rock Mountain

Publisher

Wandering Fox, an imprint of Heritage House Publishing

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781772033175

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction