2nd Quarter Book Clubs -
Reading Assignments
The Eagle's Shadow
Set in 1946 in a remote Alaskan village, this story chronicles the coming-of-age of a 12-year-old half-white, half-Tlingit girl who is sent to live with her native grandmother when her military father is posted overseas. Clearie comes to know herself and her heritage through her interactions with her relatives and with the community. At first feeling "frozen inside," she eventually opens her heart to her family and decides to learn the "old ways" of weaving, paddling, and fishing. Touching Spirit Bear
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. This gripping, graphic survival story from an award-winning writer paints an unsparing picture of one violent teen and offers a poignant testimony to the power of pain that can destroy and may also heal. |
Williwaw!
When 13-year-old September and her younger brother, Ivan, are left alone in their Alaskan cabin, disaster is sure to follow--that much is evident early on, given the steady stream of foreshadowing. Shortly after their father leaves for a two-week fishing trip, September and Ivan break both of his rules. Ivan uses radio batteries to recharge his video game and in doing so manages to fry both his toy and the radio, their only means of communication with the outside world. Fearing they will be sent to their aunt's and uncle's farm if their father finds out, the siblings cross the cove in their tiny boat to get the radio fixed. Repairs take longer than expected, so September and Ivan are forced to make a few more forbidden trips to town as the ""williwaw," the same type of fierce storm that killed their mother seven years ago, begins to brew. Julie of the Wolves
To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When the village is no longer safe for her, Miyax runs away. But she soon finds herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness, without food, without even a compass to guide her. |