Soonchild

Description:

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.

subjects: Eskimos,  JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Other,  JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American,  Shamans,  Fiction,  Inuit,  Pregnancy,  Supernatural,  JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby,  Father and child,  Paranormal fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Young adult fiction,  Children's fiction,  Supernatural, fiction,  Family, fiction,  Infants, fiction

Places: Arctic regions