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Author:

Hoban, Russell.

Title:

Soonchild / Russell Hoban ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

132 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shamans--Fiction.
Supernatural--Fiction.
Father and child--Fiction.
Pregnancy--Fiction.
Inuit--Fiction.
Eskimos--Fiction.
Arctic regions--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Deacon, Alexis, ill.

Summary:

In the cold north, when Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs that inspire all newborns from their mother's wombs, he sets out on a quest that takes him through many lifetimes and many shape-shifts, as well as encounters with beasts, demons and a mysterious benevolent owl spirit, Ukpika, who is linked to John's past.

ISBN:

0763659207 (lib. bdg.) :
9780763659202 (lib. bdg.) :

LCCN:

2011048373

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)