Ice Whale
George, Jean Craighead
ISBN 10: 0803737459 ISBN 13: 9780803737457
Editore: Dial Books, 2014
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From the most celebrated children’s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winningJulie of the Wolves
In 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sightthe birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, that he calls Siku. But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales, all the whales are killed. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down. Siku, the ice whale, returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt each descendant. The curse is finally broken when a daughter recognizes and saves the whale, and he in turn saves her. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George’s last novel is an ambitious and touching take on the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the earth they depend on.
In 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sightthe birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, that he calls Siku. But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales, all the whales are killed. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down. Siku, the ice whale, returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt each descendant. The curse is finally broken when a daughter recognizes and saves the whale, and he in turn saves her. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George’s last novel is an ambitious and touching take on the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the earth they depend on.
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Jean Craighead George (1919 - 2012) was the author of more than 100 beloved books for young people, including the Newbery Medal winningJulie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor winning My Side of the Mountain. She was a lifetime naturalist.
Jean Craighead George (1919 - 2012) was the author of more than 100 beloved books for young people, including the Newbery Medal winningJulie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor winning My Side of the Mountain. She was a lifetime naturalist.
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Titolo: Ice Whale
Casa editrice: Dial Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Rilegato
Illustratore: Hendrix, John
Condizione: Very Good