![]() ![]() And, she learns to drive a dog sled, making her own mother proud. The skills Olemaun acquired at school help her nurse a puppy she mistakenly kept too long from its mother. Appropriately for the young audience, the authors deal gently with the child’s trauma, showing how, in every case, things get better. ![]() Her best friend isn’t allowed to play with her anymore. ![]() She no longer understands the family’s language and finds the food inedible. She’s grown tall and skinny, her hair has been cut short, she has a different smell. When Olemaun (co-author Pokiak-Fenton) returns to her family, both her mother and her father’s dogs fail to recognize her. Ten-year-old Olemaun describes her return from two years at the outsiders’ school and her slow re-entry into her family’s Inuit world. ![]()
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