Blessing's bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson, , Tu Books edition, paperback. “Blessing's Bead is beautifully seen, glinting with Arctic light. It is also beautifully heard. Edwardson's voice is as clear and fresh as a wind off the frozen sea. There are passages that simply take your breath away.” ―Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author of the Rex Zero books/5(18). In her new home, unfriendly girls whisper in a language she can't understand, and Blessing feels like an outsider among her own people. Until she finds a cobalt blue bead—Nutaaq's bead—in her grandmother's sewing tin. The events this discovery triggers reveal the power of family and heritage to heal, despite seemingly insurmountable odds.
Get this from a library! Blessing's bead. [Debby Dahl Edwardson; Jay Colvin; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.; R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.] -- In , Aaluk leaves for Siberia while her sister Nutaaq remains in their Alaskan village and becomes one of the few survivors of an influenza epidemic, then in , Nunaaq's great-granddaughter. Uncommon Sense- Author Debby Dahl Edwardson and Her Process from Tami Lewis Brown at Through the Tollbooth. Blessing's Bead: An Interview with Debby Edwardson by Carol Brendler at Jacket Knack. The Craft, Career Cheer series features conversations with children's-YA book creators about positive aspects of their creative and professional. Blessing's bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson, , Tu Books edition, paperback.
Blessing's Bead is a mix of historical fiction brought into the modern day through a familial connection across the years and miles of Alaska. The first section of the book tells the story of Nutaaq who travels with her family to an annual trading fair. While there, Nutaaq’s sister meets a Siberian boy and is married. "Blessing's Story ()" depicts a family ravaged by neglect and estrangement-and healed by memory and tradition. Junior Library Guild: Blessing’s Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson Chat with us, powered by LiveChat. “Blessing's Bead is beautifully seen, glinting with Arctic light. It is also beautifully heard. Edwardson's voice is as clear and fresh as a wind off the frozen sea. There are passages that simply take your breath away.” ―Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author of the Rex Zero books.
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