{"product_id":"blessings-bead-paperback","title":"Blessing's Bead - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebby Dahl Edwardson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTop Ten Historical Novels for Youth, Booklist\u003cbr\u003e Top Ten First Novels for Youth, Booklist\u003cbr\u003e Best Fiction for Young Adults, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)\u003cbr\u003e Junior Library Guild selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback: the acclaimed middle-grade novel tracing four generations of an Iñupiaq family in Alaska, which the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e praised as \"a rare and beautiful book.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALASKA, 1917\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNutaaq adores her older sister, Aaluk, and the happy world of their close-knit Iñupiaq village. When Aaluk goes across the sea to marry a Siberian Inuit man, she gives Nutaaq a gift from her husband's people: two precious cobalt blue beads. Through the months that follow, as a great shadow falls over the village, the beads remind Nutaaq of the people she loves, and hold out hope that she might connect with her sister again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eALASKA, 1989\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlessing's life in the city is unpredictable, with a mother who's sometimes wonderful and sometimes gone. When Mom finally can't take care of her anymore, Blessing is sent to live in a remote Arctic village with a grandmother she barely remembers. In her new home, unfriendly girls whisper in a language she doesn't understand, and Blessing feels like an outsider among her own people. Until she looks in her grandmother's sewing tin--and finds a cobalt blue bead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow might Blessing discover her place in her family and community? And will Nutaaq's hope ever be fulfilled? Tracing four generations of bonds and breakage within one Iñupiaq family, \u003ci\u003eBlessing's Bead\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely and surprising novel about trauma, survival, and the healing power of culture and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebby Dahl Edwardson\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of three books for young readers: \u003ci\u003eBlessing's Bead\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Not Easy\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and the picture book \u003ci\u003eWhale Snow\u003c\/i\u003e. She married into and has lived for more than forty years among the Inupiat people of Alaska, of which she says, \"It is not the culture I was not born into but it is the one I belong to, the one that has become home to me as a human being and as an artist.\" She lives in Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost community on the North American continent, with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.11 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blessing's Bead\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158270513287,"sku":"9781643795768","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/206aeedd50f8b4a0490b3cc55f54d78b.webp?v=1733257492","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/blessings-bead-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}