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2) Dogsong
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels at odds with aspects of modern life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
3) Julie
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
4) Ice whale
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.
6) Ice drift
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In 1868 two Inuit brothers must fend for themselves while stranded on an ice floe that is adrift in the Greenland Strait.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic
11) On mother's lap
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A small Eskimo boy discovers that Mother's lap is a very special place with room for everyone.
12) Water sky
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
A boy who goes to Barrow, Alaska, to live with friends of his father for awhile learns the importance of whaling to the Eskimo culture.
13) Snow Bear
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.
14) Whale snow
Author
Publisher
Talewinds
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale to his people and their culture. Includes facts about the Inupiat and the bowhead whale.
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Charlie, an Inupiat boy, is excited about the upcoming festival to celebrate a successful whale hunt, but afraid when he thinks this might be the year he takes part in the traditional blanket toss. Includes glossary and notes on Inupiat whaling traditions.
19) Arctic son
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A baby boy is given an Inupiat name to go with his English one and grows up learning the traditional ways of the Eskimo people living in the Arctic.
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