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Title:
Ice whale
JLCTITLE245:
Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by John Hendrix.
Personal Author:
George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014]
Physical Description:
189, 15 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780803737457

9780142427415
Abstract:
In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.
Reading Level:
750 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.3 5 Quiz 166596 English fiction.
Subject Term:
Yupik Eskimos -- Juvenile fiction.

Yupik Eskimos -- Fiction.

Eskimos -- Fiction.

Bowhead whale -- Fiction.

Whales -- Fiction.

Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.

Human-animal relationship -- Fiction.

Bowhead whales -- Fiction.

Inuit -- Fiction.

Historical fiction.
Geographic Term:
Arctic regions -- Juvenile fiction.

Arctic regions -- Fiction.
Genre:
Children's stories.

Historical fiction.

Fiction.
Language:
Text in English.
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