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George, Jean Craighead

Ice Whale

194 pp. | Dial | May, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3745-7 $17.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by John Hendrix. In 1858, Yup'ik Eskimo Toozak unwittingly tells American whalers where they can spear bowhead whales, bringing down a curse on his family and forcing Toozak and his progeny to protect one whale throughout its approximately two-hundred-year lifespan. George blends the whale's sea life with Toozak's descendants' lives on land. Coincidences mar the account, but the resurrection of the whale population is nicely told.
Reviewer: Betty Carter

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