Minik's Story
- ISBN-10
- 1623345731
- ISBN-13
- 9781623345730
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 142
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-01
- Publisher
- StarWalk Kids Media
- Author
- Jennifer Owings Dewey
Description
Minik, an adolescent Inuit girl, relates the conflicts brought into her tribe by the arrival of a priest from a whaling ship. Set in the late nineteenth century, Minik’s story is a moving depiction of Inuit life and customs and the difficulty of being understood across cultures.
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