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Eagle drums / Nasug̊raq Rainey Hopson.

Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 245 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1250750652
  • 9781250750655
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1 .H6665 Eag 2023
Contents:
Brother -- Leaving -- Savik -- Noise -- Mother -- Song -- Beginnings -- Memories -- Qiḷaun -- Ptarmigan -- Hollow -- Lemming -- Strangers -- Paths -- Connections -- Lessons -- Lemming hall -- First Qalgi -- Eagle drum -- Home -- Reunion -- Finding strangers -- Last stop -- Qalgi -- The end of the feast.
Awards:
  • American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor, 2024
  • Newbery Honor Book, 2024
Summary: "Winter approaches, and there's much to do if Piŋa's family wants to be prepared: hunting, fishing, gathering, and more. Now, Piŋa must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping - the same mountain where his two older brothers disappeared. As he leaves, Piŋa reassures his parents that he will not succumb to the same fate as his brothers. He will return. But when he reaches the mountaintop, he is confronted by a terrifying eagle god named Savik, who gives the boy a choice: Follow me, or die like your brothers. What follows is a harrowing journey to the home of the eagle gods, where Piŋa faces unexpected trials that teach him lessons on the natural world, the past that shapes us, and the community that binds us. With beautiful full-color art, this vivid retelling of the first Messenger Feast - still celebrated today - brings to life the origin myth of how the eagle gods bestowed the Iñupiat with the gifts of music, song, dance, community, and everlasting tradition."-- Jacket flap.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
New Book New Book NMC Library New Book Shelf PZ7.1 .H6665 Eag 2023 1 Available Soon 33039001537173

Brother -- Leaving -- Savik -- Noise -- Mother -- Song -- Beginnings -- Memories -- Qiḷaun -- Ptarmigan -- Hollow -- Lemming -- Strangers -- Paths -- Connections -- Lessons -- Lemming hall -- First Qalgi -- Eagle drum -- Home -- Reunion -- Finding strangers -- Last stop -- Qalgi -- The end of the feast.

"Winter approaches, and there's much to do if Piŋa's family wants to be prepared: hunting, fishing, gathering, and more. Now, Piŋa must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping - the same mountain where his two older brothers disappeared. As he leaves, Piŋa reassures his parents that he will not succumb to the same fate as his brothers. He will return. But when he reaches the mountaintop, he is confronted by a terrifying eagle god named Savik, who gives the boy a choice: Follow me, or die like your brothers. What follows is a harrowing journey to the home of the eagle gods, where Piŋa faces unexpected trials that teach him lessons on the natural world, the past that shapes us, and the community that binds us. With beautiful full-color art, this vivid retelling of the first Messenger Feast - still celebrated today - brings to life the origin myth of how the eagle gods bestowed the Iñupiat with the gifts of music, song, dance, community, and everlasting tradition."-- Jacket flap.

Ages 8-12. Roaring Brook Press.

Grades 4-6. Roaring Brook Press.

American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor, 2024

Newbery Honor Book, 2024

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