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Ice Whale
Contributor(s): George, Jean Craighead (Author), Hendrix, John (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0142427411     ISBN-13: 9780142427415
Publisher: Puffin Books
OUR PRICE:   $6.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2015
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Marine Life
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 750
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Religious Orientation - Native American
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 166596
Reading Level: 5.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
From the most celebrated children's nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning Julie of the Wolves

In 1848, a young boy witnesses a rare sight--the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, he calls Siku. Years later, he unwittingly brings about the death of an entire pod of whales, and only Siku survives. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down: Siku returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt the boy's descendants. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George's last novel shows the interconnectedness of humankind and the animals they depend on.

"It's a bold, wistful, and heartfelt coda to a distinguished career."--School Library Journal