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Veronica and the Alaskan Muskoxen

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By Veronica Younack (AuthorHouse, $14.99)

The blurb: "Veronica Morgan Younack spent last Mother's Day in a way few 10-year-olds have -- holding her first book signing. Her book was born out of a school project and a family tradition."

Excerpt: "There is a musk ox farm in my hometown of Palmer, Alaska. Every Mother's Day since I was very little, we would go to the farm and see the new baby musk oxen. This year I met a special lady named Cora. I mentioned that I would like to know more about the musk oxen. She told me about a volunteer program I could take part in. One way the babies learn about people is someone reads or talks to them. Since I love to read, I thought it was a great idea."

Island Between

By Margaret E. Murie (University of Alaska Press, $21.95)

The blurb: "In this first-ever paperback edition, Murie weaves a tale of Eskimo life on Sevuokuk, known today as St. Lawrence Island. ... The story is a lively tale of love, jealousy, struggles to overcome the difficulties of daily life, a retelling of ancient teaching stories and of first contact with strange, white-skinned people."

Excerpt: "Here had come the people who were to think the Island good, who were to remain and make it their own. Out of the Arctic mists had shone the Island, and into its mists at last have come the people to love it. They have never heard of Rome or Britannia or Jerusalem. They themselves are The People, 'Inuit.' Their world is the Island, 'Sevuokuk.' Their lives are full. This is their story."

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