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Huuq is a young Inuit boy who has never fit in to camp life. One
day, fleeing yet another attack from the camp bullies, Huuq finds
himself alone and far away from camp, with only his dog Qipik as
company. On a lonesome hill, they find an egg. But this is no
ordinary bird's egg. It's big. And almost looks like a stone. When
Huuq breaks this mysterious egg, it unleashes a series of events
that turn Huuq himself into a monstrous half-human creature. As
Huuq tries to figure out why he has been turned into a monster,
what the egg and its contents mean, and how he can return to his
natural self, he is thrust into a world of fearsome creatures,
mystical powers, and an evil the likes of which Huuq has never
encountered.
Haunted by the vicious creatures of his recent past, Pitu tries to
go back to a normal life at home after the other-worldly travels
and near-death encounters of his recent disappearance into the
world of the spirits. But Pitu knows that there is more work to be
done, and more that he must learn in his new role as a shaman. When
word of a starving village nearby reaches Pitu, he must go help its
people appease the angry spirits. It soon becomes clear that Pitu
must travel to the bottom of the ocean to meet Nuliajuk, the
vengeful woman below, one of the most powerful beings in Inuit
mythology. There he learns about his role in saving the starving
community and that all in his home camp may not be as it seems . .
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This teen novel, written by Iqaluit-based Inuit author Aviaq
Johnston, is a coming-of-age story that follows a young shaman
named Pitu as he learns to use his powers and ultimately finds
himself lost in the world of the spirits. After a strange and
violent blizzard leaves Pitu stranded on the sea ice, without his
dog team or any weapons to defend himself, he soon realizes that he
is no longer in the word that he once knew. The storm has carried
him into the world of the spirits, a world populated with
terrifying creatures---black wolves with red eyes, ravenous and
constantly stalking him; water-dwelling creatures that want nothing
more than to snatch him and pull him into the frigid ocean through
an ice crack. As well as beings less frightening, but equally as
incredible, such as a lone giant who can carry Pitu in the palm of
her hand and keeps caribou and polar bears as pets. After stumbling
upon a fellow shaman who has been trapped in the spirit world for
many years, Pitu must master all of his shamanic powers to make his
way back to the world of the living, to his family, and to the girl
that he loves.
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The Other Ones (Hardcover)
Jamesie Fournier; Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas
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R346
Discovery Miles 3 460
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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In “The Net,” a girl and her mother arrive at their secluded
cabin on a frozen lake to find their fishing net has been attacked,
a massive hole ripped through the middle. After the net has been
mended and the night’s catch eaten, the daughter sits awake
playing with a bit of leftover netting string. When she was a girl,
her grandmother taught her to make string figures—just as her
mother had taught her—a game played by Inuit for generations, but
a game not to be taken lightly . . . as the daughter plays late
into the night, and the mother sleeps, other monstrous forces are
soon awakened from beneath the frozen lake. In “Before Dawn” a
young boy runs out onto the tundra to play with his new friend by
his side, venturing far beyond his mother’s rule that he not
stray past the inuksuk on the horizon. The boy’s friend beckons
him farther and farther, and the farther they get from home, the
more the friend seems to change . . . until he is no longer human
at all. Horrified, the boy listens to the creature’s proposition:
return home before dawn, or be lost forever to the other side . . .
Complemented by haunting illustrations from Toma Feizo Gas, The
Other Ones is a fresh take on modern horror by an exciting new
Inuit voice.
Kiviuq, one of the greatest and most important characters in Inuit
mythology, is said to have travelled over land and sea overcoming
obstacles and successfully defeating various fearsome foes. In
Kiviuq and the Mermaids, young readers experience one of Kiviuq's
most heartpounding adventures: an encounter with a group of
frightening mermaids. With only his qayaq to keep him out of their
clutches, Kiviuq must think fast to defeat these angry creatures of
the deep!
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