| Very Last First Time Contributor(s): Andrews, Jan (Author), Wallace, Ian (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 088899043X ISBN-13: 9780888990433 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1987 Annotation: This ALA Notable Book tells the story of Eva, who lives in an Inuit village in northern Canada. In the winter, people search along the bottom of the seabed beneath a thick shelf of ice for mussels to eat. Eva usually helps her mother, but for the first time, she's going to go by herself. She soon gathers a pan full of mussels. But then, her candle goes out, and the tide threatens to return. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 85098903 |
| Lexile Measure: 590 |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 9.68" W x 9.28" (0.88 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8046 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eva Padlyat lived in an Inuit village on Ungava Vat in northern Canada. In winter, when people wanted mussels to eat, they searched along the bottom of the seabed. Eva had often walked on the bottom, helping her mother, but today - for the very first time - she was to go down below the thick sea ice herself. Her mother went with her to the shore and out onto the ice. The time was just right. The outgoing tide had pulled the seawater away, leaving only the ice above and the rock-strewn seabed below. Eva lowered herself through a hole in the ice and, by candlelight, had soon gathered a pan full of mussels. There was still time to explore, she decided. But she stumbled and her candle went out. She was alone in the darkness, and the tide had turned. When, at the end of her adventure, she is safe with her mother again on top of the ice, she says, that was my very last first time for walking alone on the bottom of the sea. |