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ages 8
to 10
/ grades 3
to 5
Tuk and the Whale
Told by a young Inuit boy, this story imagines what might have happened if the people of a Baffin Island winter camp had encountered European whalers.
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ages 8
to 12
/ grades 3
to 7
Sky
This moving book is based on true stories told to the author by her friend, a Metis whose people lived with the Blackfeet Nation in Montana.
