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Book cover of SECRET POCKET
SECRET POCKET
By: peggy janicki | Published: April 2023

The true story of how Indigenous girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive. Mary was four...

The true story of how Indigenous girls at a 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 her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and the nuns and priest were always watching, ready to punish. Mary and the other girls had a genius idea: drawing on the knowledge from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers who were all master sewers, the girls would sew hidden pockets in their clothes to hide food. They secretly gathered materials and sewed at nighttime, then used their pockets to hide apples, carrots and pieces of bread to share with the younger girls. 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.

Theme: Indigenous, Prejudice & Racism, Residential Schools

  • ISBN
    9781459833722
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Picture Book
Retail Price:
$21.95
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