Maata's Journal : A Novel
by Paul Sullivan
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Author: Paul SullivanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Deckle Edge
Published: 2003-02-01
ISBN: 0689834632
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Atheneum
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Book Review: Eye Opening Tale of the Arctic
Summary: 4 Stars
Maata was only 8 years old when the Canadian government forced everyone in her village to move to a new settlement - one with wooden buildings, a school, a church and a place where they would be seperated from the land that had been part of their culture for generations. It would be more difficult to hunt and observe the rites of passage in the high arctic lands. There was also the availability of alcohol - something that threatened to destroy their community. Through her diary entries in the year 1924, when she is marooned on a remote island with a mapping expedition struck by disaster, Maata reflects on her life's adventures - from going to a boarding school in Quebec City, to learning English from a wizened old Inuit woman.
This book is a nice, easy read that will teach people many things about the culture of the Inuit and their history.
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