<p><b><i>The powerful memoir of an Inuvialuit girl searching for her true self when she returns from residential school.</i></b></p><p> Traveling to be reunited with her family in the Arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It's been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloakednuns and brothers. </p><p>Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her, screaming, "Not my girl." Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider.</p><p>And Margaret is an outsider: she has forgotten the language and stories of her people, and she can't even stomach the food her mother prepares.</p><p>However, Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family's way of living. Along the way, she discovers how important it is to remain true to the ways of her people -- and to herself.</p><p>Highlighted by archival photos and striking artwork, this first-person account of a young girl's struggle to find her place will inspire young readers to ask what it means to belong.</p>