Title: 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