Eagle Drums
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 245 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
"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.
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.
Subjects:
Inupiat -- Juvenile fiction.
Inuit mythology -- Juvenile fiction.
Eagles -- Mythology -- Juvenile fiction.
Gods -- Juvenile fiction.
Eagles -- Juvenile fiction.
Inupiat -- Fiction.
Inuit mythology -- Fiction.
Eagles -- Fiction.
Gods -- Fiction.
Inupiat (Inuits) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Inuits -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Aigles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Dieux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Mythologie inuite -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American.
Eagles
Gods
Hunters
Inuit
Inupiat
Hunters -- Juvenile fiction.
Inuit -- Juvenile fiction.
Eagles -- Juvenile fiction.
Gods and goddesses -- Juvenile fiction.
Inupiat -- Juvenile fiction.
Inuit mythology -- Juvenile fiction.
Eagles -- Mythology -- Juvenile fiction.
Gods -- Juvenile fiction.
Eagles -- Juvenile fiction.
Inupiat -- Fiction.
Inuit mythology -- Fiction.
Eagles -- Fiction.
Gods -- Fiction.
Inupiat (Inuits) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Inuits -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Aigles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Dieux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Mythologie inuite -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American.
Eagles
Gods
Hunters
Inuit
Inupiat
Hunters -- Juvenile fiction.
Inuit -- Juvenile fiction.
Eagles -- Juvenile fiction.
Gods and goddesses -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 8-12.
ISBN:
9781250750655
More Formats
Newbery Honor Book, 2024
American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor, 2024
American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor, 2024