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Eagle Drums

Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Illustrator: Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Ages: 9+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck

ISBN: 978-1-250-75065-5

Keywords: Iñupiaq, Inuit, Eagles, Hunters, Shapeshifters, Survival Story, Arctic

A boy on a dangerous journey is kidnapped by eagles in this Iñupiaq origin story of the Messenger Feast. Detailed colored pencil drawings and elegant spot art.