Author

Publication

1985 - Bradbury Press, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

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Word Count

44250 words, Guess

Page Count

177 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing110983
  • Goodreads963925

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.P2843 Do 1985

Description

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 alone. Driven by a strange, powerful dream of a long-ago self and by a burning desire to find his own song, Russel takes Oogruk's dogs on an epic journey of self-discovery that will change his life forever.

First Sentence

RUSSEL SUSSKIT rolled out of the bunk and put his feet on the floor and listened in the darkness to the sounds of morning.

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.

Subjects

Topics

InuitEskimosFictionInupiatSled dogsage:min:10lexile:930

Genres

  • Fiction.
  • Juvenile fiction.

Other Editions

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