Her strength and resilience would help her navigate the difficult transition.Īs an adult, Margaret-Olemaun met her future husband, Lyle Fenton, while living in Tuktoyaktuk. After returning home, she struggled to communicate with her mother, having been forced to assimilate to non-Native practices. Her award-winning children’s book, Fatty Legs: A True Story (Annick Press, 2010), is a memoir about her time there. Margaret-Olemaun attended the Immaculate Conception residential school for two years. Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton as a young child (photo courtesy of Christy Jordan-Fenton) Her early years were spent with her family learning to dog-sled, hunt, and gather supplies. Pokiak-Fenton was born on Jon Ballie Island. Peek: “Fatty Legs, its sequel A Stranger at Home, and young reader editions When I Was Eight and Not My Girl, have sold more than a quarter of a million copies and collected over 20 awards and distinctions.” Obituary Note: Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton from Shelf Awareness. Peek: “Born on Baillie Island in the Arctic Ocean, the author of Fatty Legs: A True Story, published by Annick Press in 2010, introduced young readers to the devastating reality of residential schools and gave Pokiak-Fenton the opportunity to share her experiences with countless school children.” Remembering Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton, children’s book author and residential school survivor from Quill and Quire. This book would probably appeal to children and young adults.Award-winning children’s book author Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton (Inuvialuit) died on April 21, 2021. This story shows that you can do almost anything you set your mind to. I liked the book because it was true and had a happy ending. Liz Amini Holmes artwork is pretty and helps bring the story to life. In anger and rebellion, she burns the stockings. All the other children call her Fatty Legs. All the girls get new stockings of a beautiful gray color, but the Raven gives Margaret bright red stockings that emphasize her legs. While there, she meets a nun she calls the Raven who seems to have it in for her. Author: Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiakįatty Legs is the true story a girl named Margaret Pokiak who was an Inuvialut, an Aboriginal tribe in northern Canada.Īs a young girl she wanted to learn to read so badly that she went away to a church-run school even though everyone warns her not to go because it’s not very nice there.
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