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The Middle of Everywhere
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The Middle of Everywhere Paperback - 2009

by Monique Polak


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Noah Thorpe is spending the school term in Kangiqsualujjuaq, in Quebec's Far North, where his dad is an English teacher in the Inuit community.

Noah's not too keen about living in the middle of nowhere, but getting away from Montral has one big advantage: he gets a break from the bully at his old school. But Noah learns that problems have a way of following you--no matter how far you travel. To the Inuit kids, Noah is a qallunaaq--a southerner, someone ignorant of the customs of the North. Noah thinks the Inuit have a strange way of looking at the world, plus they eat raw meat and seal blubber. Most have never left the George River area--and it doesn't even have its own doctor, let alone a McDonald's.

But Noah's views change when he goes winter camping and realizes he will have to learn a few lessons from his Inuit buddies if he wants to make it home.

From the rear cover

Just then, I hear more sniffling. It's getting louder, coming closer. When I peek out through the crack, I'm confused. There's a mountain of snow out there. Only it wasn't there before. Where could all that snow have come from? Of course, it isn't snow. It's a bear. A polar bear. Or part of a polar bear, anyhow. I can't see the top or the bottom of him from here-just his giant furry white mountain of a middle. Even crouched over, he's huge. My jaw drops, and every part of me is shaking-my hands, my knees, even my belly. I want to speak, but I know I mustn't. Besides, right now, I don't think my mouth would work. I'm too afraid. My fear is pure and cold and overpowering. Fifteen-year-old Noah Thorpe is spending the school term in George River, in Quebec's far North. The Inuit call Noah a Qallunaaq-the Inuktitut word for a non-Inuit person, someone ignorant of the customs of the North. Noah thinks the Inuit have a strange way of looking at the world, plus they eat raw meat and seal blubber. Most have never left George River-a town that doesn't even have its own doctor, let alone a McDonald's. But Noah's views change when he realizes he will have to learn a few lessons from his Inuit buddies if he wants to survive the North.

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The North, survival, acceptance, racism, Indigenous

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  • Title The Middle of Everywhere
  • Author Monique Polak
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orca Book Publishers, 2009
  • Date 2009-10
  • ISBN 9781554690909 / 1554690900
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 15 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 10
  • Reading level 660
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009929363
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/15/2009, Page 35
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 09/15/2009, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 11/01/2009, Page 118
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