{"product_id":"blessings-bead-debby-dahl-edwardson-9781643795768","title":"Blessing's Bead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback: the acclaimed middle-grade novel tracing four generations of an Ipiaq family in Alaska, which the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e praised as \"a rare and beautiful book.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALASKA, 1917\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNutaaq adores her older sister, Aaluk, and the happy world of their close-knit Ipiaq 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 Ipiaq 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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debby Dahl Edwardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643795767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643795768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tu Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.11h x 5.43w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e133412 \/ Blessing's Bead\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Debby Dahl Edwardson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987180880127,"sku":"9781643795768","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e6f0493-fb4f-499c-b8cf-d35078b143e3.jpg?v=1683287469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blessings-bead-debby-dahl-edwardson-9781643795768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}