| Water Sky Contributor(s): George, Jean Craighead (Author), George, Jean Craighead (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064402029 ISBN-13: 9780064402026 Publisher: Harperteen OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1989 Annotation: This book addresses the issues of conservation and cultural heritage as New Englander Lincoln Noah Stonewright spends the summer in Alaska with the family of an Eskimo whaling captain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Animals - Marine Life - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Young Adult Fiction | Science & Nature - General (see Also Headings Under Animals) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 86045496 |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.28" W x 7.56" (0.33 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 395 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nukik Lincoln gasped, his skin tingling. Could this be happening Had he just seen a whale with a white tail? Was it now going to give itself to him, as Vincent had said? Lincoln still could not believe it. He had had only one thing in mind when he made the long trip from Massachusetts to Barrow, Alaska, and that was to find his Uncle Jack. He thought Vincent Ologak, an Eskimo whaling captain, could tell him where to find him, for Vincent was the man Uncle Jack had planned to see when he went to Alaska to help save the bowhead whale from extinction. But Vincent Ologak cannot or will not give Lincoln a straight answer. As far as he is concerned, Lincoln is there for a very different purpose from the one he himself imagines: A whale is coming to Lincoln, a whale that will end two years of waiting and suffering for Vincent's people. Nothing in Lincoln's past experience quite prepares him for the whaling camp at Barrow. Here ice is a living presence and the temperature is so cold that spilled water hits the ground as ice balls. Here for the first time he meets young Eskimos-especially Unpik, with whom he falls deeply in lovewhose strong identification with their Eskimo culture leads Lincoln to question his own identity. But above all else it is Vincent Ologak's vision of him that teaches Lincoln more than he has ever learned anywhere before .Jean Craighead George blends masterfully observed nature scenes and a wry story of first love in one of her most appealing and moving novels. Life in today's New England hasn't prepared Lincoln for the ways of an Alaskan whaling camp. But it's there that he draws strength from an Eskimo captain's vision of him and his connection with Nukik, the whale that gives itself to Lincoln and the people of Barrow. 'Beautifully written, with a fine blend of Eskimo ritual and modern science.' 'SLJ. Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1987 (NSTA/CBC) |
Contributor Bio(s): George, Jean Craighead: - Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George. George, Jean Craighead: -Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George. |