Soonchild
By: Russell Hoban ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Contributors: Deacon, Alexis, ill
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Candlewick
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Somerville, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763659202
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
Other titles: Soon child
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.