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For someone afraid of the dark, living in the Arctic is a severe test of courage. There, the sun doesn't shine all winter. Jean-Paul, a young Canadian boy, struggles to hide his fear and adjust to life in the Northwest Territories, where he is taunted and excluded from activities by a group of Inuit boys because of his small size and a limp caused by a birth defect. When Jean-Paul finally succeeds in impressing the boys with the tricks he's taught his husky, Sasha, they agree to let him join their club, the Ice Patrol. But as part of the initiation, they force him into a deserted igloo that…
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1 edition- Other · English · 1991Houghton Mifflin · 152 pages · 9780395570371
Juvenile fictionHandicapés physiquesRomans pour la jeunessePeople with disabilitiesFiction