Soonchild, Russell Hoban ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
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Soonchild, Russell Hoban ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Soonchild
Oclc number
774490769
Responsibility statement
Russell Hoban ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Summary
In the cold north, when Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs that inspire all newborns from their mother's wombs, he sets out on a quest that takes him through many lifetimes and many shape-shifts, as well as encounters with beasts, demons and a mysterious benevolent owl spirit, Ukpika, who is linked to John's past
Target audience
adolescent
resource.variantTitle
Soon child
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- Supernatural -- Fiction
- Inuit -- Fiction
- Arctic regions -- Fiction
- Indigenous peoples
- Pregnancy -- Fiction
- Father and child -- Fiction
- Father and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Shamans -- Juvenile fiction
- Arctic regions -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Other
- Pregnancy -- Juvenile fiction
- Inuit -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby
- Shamans -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American
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- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject16
- Supernatural -- Fiction
- Inuit -- Fiction
- Arctic regions -- Fiction
- Indigenous peoples
- Pregnancy -- Fiction
- Father and child -- Fiction
- Father and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Shamans -- Juvenile fiction
- Arctic regions -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Other
- Pregnancy -- Juvenile fiction
- Inuit -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby
- Shamans -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American
- Content1
- Illustrator1
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