{"product_id":"blessings-bead-9781643795768","title":"Blessing's Bead","description":"\u003cp\u003eTop Ten Historical Novels for Youth, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Top Ten First Novels for Youth, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Best Fiction for Young Adults, ALA\/YALSA\u003cbr\u003e Notable Books for a Global Society, IRA\u003cbr\u003e Junior Library Guild selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tu Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643795768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e133412 \/ Blessing's Bead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.9 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Debby Dahl Edwardson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095643689141,"sku":"9781643795768","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fc553e4e-3c37-49ad-ae56-de7328d2eb28.jpg?v=1651588614","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blessings-bead-9781643795768","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}