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- Dimensions
- 5.75 x 0.85 x 8.65 in
- Weight
- 2.31 lb
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Publication date
- September 12, 2023
- Language
- English
- Print length
- 256 pages
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A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK A magical middle grade adventure about a boy in the Arctic who faces a series of challenges presented to him by a family of eagle gods. Through this, he learns important lessons about respecting nature, building compassion, and bringing a community together. With beautifully hand-drawn full color art throughout! As his family prepares for winter, a young, skilled hunter must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping―the same mountain where his two older brothers died. When he reaches the mountaintop, he is immediately confronted by a powerful eagle god named Savik. Savik gives the boy a choice: follow me or die like your brothers. What comes next is a harrowing journey to the home of the eagle gods and unexpected lessons on the natural world, the past that shapes us, and the community that binds us. Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson is part cultural folklore, part origin myth about the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Arctic tradition that is still celebrated in times of bounty among the Iñupiaq. This story is based on the oral tradition of how Iñupiaq people were given the gift of music, song, dance, community, and everlasting connection. Hopson's full-page illustrations and spot art, rendered in colored pencil, accompany this memorable story. Read more
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| Publisher | Roaring Brook Press |
|---|---|
| Publication date | September 12, 2023 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 256 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1250750652 |
| ISBN-13 | 55 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Reading age | 8 - 12 years |
| Dimensions | 5.75 x 0.85 x 8.65 inches |
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I am amazed that I never heard about this book in Mock Newbery discussions or elsewhere last year: even after being named as an Honor book in January, it still doesn't have many Amazon reviews. Before reading it, I assumed that maybe it was because it wasn’t all that good and was just being recognized as an own voices/diversity pick. Terrible, I know, but I had no other explanation for why it wasn’t being discussed in all the places I track new middle grade fiction. However, I will admit that I was very wrong and that Eagle Drums is deserving of its Newbery Honor status. I expected Pinja’s story to be the standard hero’s journey arc, but Hopson had so much more depth to the lessons learned by her protagonist. I especially appreciated Pinja’s love for family and connections, though I don’t want to say more and spoil it. Pinja is a boy you will cheer for by the end of this mythological origin story.
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