The Middle of Everywhere

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 Montréal 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.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 10/01/2009
ISBN: 9781554690909
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2009
School Library Journal 11/01/2009 pg. 118
Booklist 11/15/2009 pg. 35

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 134285 / Middle of Everywhere
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 7