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My Wounded Island
By Jacques Pasquet and Marion Arbona
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There's an invisible creature in the waves around Sarichef. It is altering the lives of the Iñupiat people who call the island home. A young girl and her family are forced to move to the center of the island for refuge from the rising sea level. Soon the entire village will have to relocate to the mainland. Heartbroken, the young girl and her grandfather worry: what else will be lost when they are forced to abandon their homes and their community?
Addressing the topic of climate refugees, My Wounded Island is based on the challenges faced by the Iñupiat people who live on the small islands north of the Bering Strait near the Arctic Circle.
Addressing the topic of climate refugees, My Wounded Island is based on the challenges faced by the Iñupiat people who live on the small islands north of the Bering Strait near the Arctic Circle.
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Jacques Pasquet
Passionate about memories, Jacques Pasquet is a writer and storyteller. Now that his busy career as a professor is behind him, he splits his time between writing and visiting schools. Jacques is the author of nearly twenty books for children in Quebec and France. He lives in Montreal.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5*I received an eARC copy from NetGalley for review. This review is my honest opinion*
A beautiful, yet somewhat tragic story about how climate changing is making it harder for tribal natives to keep their customs and way of life. Being forced to move away from their homelands, they must decide if they still want to hold on to old traditions, or accept the modern way of life.
The pictures are magnificent, and the message powerful! A great story told in an easy to understand way, shows children what it's like to live in the arctic, and how the glaciers and islands are affected by climate change. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Imarvaluk, an Inuit girl, lives in the island of Sarichef. It is a very small island close to Alaska that is gradually getting smaller due to the rising water levels. She is scared of "the monster" that is devouring their island. It is forcing the settlement to move further inland each year. In the summer they head to the mainland to hunt caribou and return to the island in the winter. Many of the islanders are now staying on the mainland year round due to the shrinking island. Her grandfather is worried that if they have to move to the city, Nome, they will lose their culture and heritage. The illustrations are wonderful. They are done in watercolour and will evoke some real emotion in the reader. There is an explanation about climate change, what is causing it and how it is affecting places like this island. It is a very powerful message told in a way that children will easily understand and be able to relate to. A book that should be in all school libraries and/or primary/junior classrooms. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Wounded Island by Jacques Parquet, illustrated by Marion Arbona and translated by Sophie B. Watson and published by Orca Book Publishers is the sad story of an island slowly disappearing into the sea.A little girl lives on the Island of Sarichef near the Arctic Circle. Her village, Shishmaref, is home of the Inupiat people, her people who have lived there for generations but who will inevitably have to abandon the place of their ancestors because of the invisible monster lurking in the sea waters around the island. They will be forced to move, become climate change refugees, but what will become of their traditions and their ways if they are forced away from their home?A beautifully illustrated and haunting examination of the impact of climate change, especially in the Arctic. Sarichef is a real island in the Bering Strait near the Arctic Circle. The melting of the pack ice has caused soil erosion, flooding, and the loss of protection against storms. It's sinking into the sea. In 2016 the community voted to move to the mainland but the costs associated with the move and the long term viability of the proposed new site are all in question. This story forces us to examine how we are living and the things we can change in order to slow climate change, including acknowledging that it exists and is a real threat. This storybook is the perfect jumping off book to lead to discussions of environmental stewardship.