W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Two Canes on the Tundra

by Tellefson, Mary,
Additional authors: Poulsen, Destine, -- illustrator.
Published by : Orange Hat Publishing, (Waukesha, Wisc. :) Physical details: 51 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm ISBN:9781645383215.
Subject(s): Blind -- Fiction. | Yupik children -- Fiction. | Children with disabilities -- Fiction. | Blind children -- Fiction. | Canes for the blind -- Fiction. | Alaska -- Fiction. | FICTION / Disabilities. | FICTION / Indigenous. | Large type books.
Year: 2021 Item type: Large Print
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Large Print 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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