| Napachee Contributor(s): Feagan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550026364 ISBN-13: 9781550026368 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Napachee is tired of Sachs Harbour, NWT. He is tired of the traditional Inuit hunt and of fighting with his father, who shuns snowmobiles for dog sleds and tents for igloos. When two men from the Edmonton zoo fly in to capture a polar bear cub, Napachee spies his chance at a trip to the big city, but soon discovers that life there is not what he had expected. Within days, Napachee has turned his back on urban life and is resolved to find his way home. With the help of Jo, the zookeeper's daughter, Napachee heads overland to Sachs Harbour with the will to prove to his father, and himself, that he is the rightful inheritor of a life he once so badly wanted to escape. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.48" W x 8.31" (0.26 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 69553 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Napachee is tired of Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories. He is tired of the traditional Inuit hunt and of fighting with his father, who shuns snowmobiles for dog sleds and tents for igloos. When two men from the Edmonton zoo fly in to capture a polar bear cub, Napachee spies his chance at a trip to the big city, but soon discovers that life there is not what he had expected. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feagan, Robert: - Robert Feagan is the author of the children's novels Napachee and Mystery at Shildii Rock. He was born in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, and often accompanied his Royal Canadian Mounted Police father on patrols of the Mackenzie Delta by dog team. Feagan has lived in Yellowknife, Cambridge Bay, and Inuvik, but currently resides in St. Albert, Alberta, near Edmonton. |