Two Canes on the Tundra
Published by : Orange Hat Publishing, (Waukesha, Wisc. :) Physical details: 51 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm ISBN:9781645383215.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Large Print | W. Ross Macdonald School Library Fiction | FIC TEL (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy#1 | Available | 2022-0090 |
In an Alaskan Yupik village, a blind 12-year-old, Apu, relies on his older cousin to guide him around the village. When a special teacher flies in to teach him how to use a cane, Apu is teased by the other kids and gets angry. Hearing about Apu's struggles at school, Grandfather sets up a ceremony in which Apu's extended family tell stories of ancestors bravely navigating the Alaskan wilderness using tools for survival. Apu's resistance to using a cane fades as he recognizes Grandfather's support cane and his own mobility cane as tools for independence, similar to the role of ancestral tools for survival in a harsh wilderness.
Middle grade.
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