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Edwardson, Debby Dahl

Blessing's Bead

179 pp. | Farrar/Kroupa | November, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30805-6 $16.99
(2) 4-6 In 1989, Blessing and her brother are placed in the custody of their aaka (grandmother). The siblings discover their past through Inupiaq family stories. Readers are primed for these by the novel's first section, where Aaka's mother recounts the events of 1917 in which the Spanish influenza wiped out virtually the entire village. Authentic imagery, details, and language pervade this memorable story. Glos.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2009

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