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1) Dogsong
Author
Series
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Old Days There Were Songs Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do...
3) Julie
Author
Series
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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]
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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 magazine.
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
134 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this redesigned edition of Scott O'Dell's classic novel, a young Eskimo girl encounters frightening obstacles when she takes her father's place in the Iditarod, the annual 1,172-mile dogsled race in Alaska.
7) Water sky
Author
Pub. Date
1987
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Young listeners learn about issues of conservation, endangered animals, and preservation of cultural traditions in this beautifully-written tale of a Massachusetts teenager who travels to an Alaskan village to search for a missing relative-and ends up discovering his own Eskimo heritage.
10) On Mother's lap
Author
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A small Eskimo boy discovers that Mother's lap is a very special place with room for everyone.
11) Lost and found
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book in which a young Eskimo girl befriends a weak, hungry polar bear that has taken refuge in her igloo, and the bear later returns the favor.
12) Nessa's fish
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village"--
14) Runaway mittens
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Edition.
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the 1890s, sixteen-year-old Eqariusaq, from the village of Itta near Ellesmere, is caught between traditional Inuit life with her lazy husband Angulluk and the world of Lieutenant Peary and his family and crew, who call her Billy Bah.