Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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...
2) Berry song
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
2023 Caldecott & Newbery Awards (SCPL-YS)
2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
More Lists...
2023 Caldecott & Newbery Awards (SCPL-YS)
2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
More Lists...
Formats
Description
As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
Language
Tlingit
Appears on list
Description
"After a Tlingit mother gives her son a dried piece of salmon with mold on the end, he flings it away in disgust, committing a taboo. This offends the Salmon People, who sweep him into the water and into their world, where they name him Shanyaak'utlaax̲ or Salmon Boy. Find out what happens to Shanyaak'utlaax̲ in this ancient Tlingit story"--Jacket.
Author
Language
English
Description
Long ago in southeastern Alaska, Keet, a ten-year-old Tlingit Indian boy, stows away for a voyage on his father's canoe and soon finds himself caught in the middle of a wild seastorm that carries him far from his home village and, after making land, right in the middle of a dangerous dispute between two Indian clans.
6) Celebration
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Celebration is almost here! For four days every other June, the streets of Juneau are filled with Native people of all ages dressed in the signature regalia of clans from throughout Southeast Alaska and beyond. There is traditional song and dance. Arts and crafts. Food. And people speaking local Native languages. This is Celebration, a biennial festival of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures. In this original story, a young child prepares to attend...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request