This is a story of courage and survival in the Arctic, written by an author who is a dog musher and arctic explorer living in Alaska. The story is about Punni and her family, who are starving as they wander the Arctic tundra in a seemingly hopeless search for food.
Fearful that her family may be forced to abandon her old and weakened grandmother, eleven-year-old Punni sets out in search of fish. With the help of her grandmother's dog, Sojo, she must learn to read the land and track across miles of desolate, barren tundra.
Before Punni and Sojo can return home, they are attacked by a grizzly bear. Later, Punni and Sojo must take quick action to save her father from being killed. As her family struggles to survive, Punni comes to understand and appreciate the importance of Sojo to her family.
Two quotes I want to save:
"Punni's real name was Igalok, but, as is common in many families of The People, everyone called her Punni, which means daughter" (p. 40)."This is what they had been searching for all summer. In front of them was caribou, in front of them was lifee. For the carribou supplied The People of the Land with every necessity: meat fat, tools, cloting, and shelter" (p. 84).
from the Crown Center library
1 comment:
This sounds like just the sort of book I would have adored as a child. I could never get enough of stories of wilderness survival.
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