Noah Thorpe is spending the school term in George River, in Quebec's Far North, where his dad is an English teacher in the Inuit community. Noah's ...
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Apr 15, 2010
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Noah is headed to the edge of nowhere. He is going to spend some time with his father, who teaches at the Inuit school in George River located in northern Quebec. His mother thinks this will give him an opportunity to get to know the father he only hears from once a week by phone.
Leaving his active life in Montreal to head into a snow-filled wilderness doesn't seem too thrilling. It doesn't take lon More...
Noah is headed to the edge of nowhere. He is going to spend some time with his father, who teaches at the Inuit school in George River located in northern Quebec. His mother thinks this will give him an opportunity to get to know the father he only hears from once a week by phone.
Leaving his active life in Montreal to head into a snow-filled wilderness doesn't seem too thrilling. It doesn't take lon More...
Jan 24, 2010
Brandy
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Noah has recently moved from Montreal to George River, in Quebec's Far North, to spend a school term with his father in the isolated Inuit community. Living in a town of 700 people, with only one road, two stores, and no McDonald's is a pretty big adjustment, but there are certain things that still remind him of home--particularly Lenny, who reminds Noah of a bully back home. Beyond those basic things, though, Noah is learning about a whole new way of life--a way of life in which dogs are work
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Mar 20, 2011
Rhonda
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comparisons between Inuit and white culture, between life in a remote Inuit village and city life in Montreal.
Noah travels north to George River to live with his Dad, Bill, who teachers senior English in the George River school. Life is very different from the one he knows living with his Mom in Montreal. He comes to appreciate the beauty of life in the north. More importantly, as he gets to know his father better and sees how much the students and people of the village like him, Noa More...
Noah travels north to George River to live with his Dad, Bill, who teachers senior English in the George River school. Life is very different from the one he knows living with his Mom in Montreal. He comes to appreciate the beauty of life in the north. More importantly, as he gets to know his father better and sees how much the students and people of the village like him, Noa More...
Nov 22, 2011
Sue
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Noah moves to George River in Northern Canada to live with his father for a winter from Quebec. He is suddenly in a very small Inuit village after living in a city. He hasn’t spent that much time with his dad since his parent’s divorce and he certainly hasn’t spent any time outside a city. He has a lot to learn about surviving in a northern climate and a lot to learn about Inuit life and Canadian history.
This is an adventure story, complete with polar bears and sled dogs, mixed w More...
This is an adventure story, complete with polar bears and sled dogs, mixed w More...
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