Edwardson, Debby Dahl. <br/><br/>
Blessing's bead / 
Debby Dahl Edwardson. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  2009. 
 - 178 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Melanie Kroupa books." 
<br/><br/> In 1917, Aaluk leaves for Siberia while her sister Nutaaq remains in their Alaskan village and becomes one of the few survivors of an influenza epidemic, then in 1986, Nunaaq's great-granddaughter leaves her mother due to a different kind of sickness and returns to the village where they were born. 
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<br/><br/> A Junior Library Guild selection 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374308056 (hardcover) :  $16.99 0374308055 (hardcover) :  $16.99 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Junior Library Guild  http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008026726 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inupiat--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Families--Alaska--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Villages--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Tundras--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Alcoholism--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Inupiat--Fiction.<br/>Family life--Alaska--Fiction.<br/>Villages--Fiction.<br/>Tundras--Fiction.<br/>Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Fiction.<br/>Alcoholism--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Alaska--History--1867-1959--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Alaska--History--1959---Juvenile fiction.<br/>Alaska--History--1867-1959--Fiction.<br/>Alaska--History--1959---Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>YA PZ 7 .E2657  / Ble 2009