The Secret Pocket -Author Peggy Janicki Illustrated by Carrielynn Victor
C$ 21.95 Excl. tax
The true story of how Indigenous girls at a Canadian residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive
Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from
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Based on the author's mother's experience at residential school, The Secret Pocket is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. But it's also a celebration of quiet resistance to the injustice of residential schools and how the sewing skills passed down through generations of Indigenous women gave these girls a future, stitch by stitch.
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