Ice Whale, Jean Craighead George
Ice Whale, Jean Craighead George
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Ice Whale

Author: Jean Craighead George

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/11/2014


Synopsis

From the most celebrated children's nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning "Julie of the Wolves" In 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sight--the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, that he calls Siku. But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales, all the whales are killed. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down. Siku, the ice whale, returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt each descendant. The curse is finally broken when a daughter recognizes and saves the whale, and he in turn saves her. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George's last novel is an ambitious and touching take on the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the earth they depend on.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Suzanne on March 11, 2024

Quick, interesting book that follows the life of a whale and its repeated interactions through generations of two families- one, descendants of native Inuit Alaskans, and the other, of American Yankee whalers. The audio inserts recordings of whale songs which is pretty neat but I think the story wou......more

Goodreads review by Challice on January 25, 2018

Adventurous story as only Jean Craighead George can tell! This follows the story of a bowhead whale from birth until the year 2048, as well as Eskimo Toozak and his family and how the whale is a part of their life. It begins when the whaling ships were at their peak enterprise. Toozak has the good l......more

Goodreads review by Becca on January 19, 2018

This was such a fantastic story set in Barrow, Alaska! I was a little leery thinking it might be overly biased and preachy. On the contrary, I thought it was very true to the culture of Eskimos. There was the tiniest mention of evolution which I'm perfectly fine with reading. The character Emily Too......more

Goodreads review by Marie on April 13, 2016

Ice Whale tells the stories of a bowhead whale, Siku, and an Eskimo family. The story begins in 1848, when a young Eskimo boy, Toozak, witnesses a whale being born. This is really, really rare. (In fact, it is only in the last couple of years that anyone has actually witnessed the birth of a right (......more

Goodreads review by Benji on April 18, 2014

I've loved George's books since way back when I was in fourth grade and first read My Side of the Mountain. I was sad when she died, and very happy when I saw that there would be one more book. It's a lovely book. It isn't for everyone, but I enjoyed it very much. It's got some Julie of the Wolves f......more