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Journey of the Midnight Sun  Cover Image Book Book

Journey of the Midnight Sun / Shazia Afzal ; illustrated by Aliya Ghare.

Afzal, Shazia, (author.). Ghare, Aliya, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"A beautiful picture book based on the true story of the Midnight Sun Mosque that traveled 4,000 kilometers across Canada to become one of the most northern mosques in the Arctic Circle."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781459827608
  • ISBN: 1459827600
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23x28 cm
  • Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2022.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
AD840L Lexile
Subject: Midnight Sun Mosque > Juvenile literature.
Midnight Sun Mosque > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Mosques > Northwest Territories > Inuvik > Juvenile literature.
Mosques > Northwest Territories > Inuvik > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Picture books.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Carthage Public.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Carthage Public Library P 297.3 Afzal, Shazia (Text) 34MO2001811437 Primary Nonfiction Available -

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Journey of the Midnight Sun
Journey of the Midnight Sun
by Afzal, Shazia; Ghare, Aliya (Illustrator)
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Summary

Journey of the Midnight Sun


This is the true story of the journey of the Midnight Sun Mosque. In 2010 a Winnipeg-based charity raised funds to build and ship a mosque to Inuvik, one of the most northern towns in Canada's Arctic. A small but growing Muslim community there had been using a cramped trailer for their services, but there just wasn't enough space. The mosque travelled over 4,000 kilometers on a journey fraught with poor weather, incomplete bridges, narrow roads, low traffic wires and a deadline to get on the last barge heading up the Mackenzie River before the first winter freeze. But it made it just in time and is now one of the most northern mosques in the world. This beautiful picture book reminds us that the collective dream of fostering a multicultural and tolerant Canada exists and that people of all backgrounds will come together to build bridges and overcome obstacles for the greater good of their neighbors.

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