Bibliograph

Dogsong, Gary Paulsen

Type

Label

Dogsong, Gary Paulsen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dogsong

Oclc number

23317315

Responsibility statement

Gary Paulsen

Summary

In the Old Days There Were Songs Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a strange, powerful dream of a long-ago self and by a burning desire to find his own song, Russel takes Oogruk's dogs on an epic journey of self-discovery that will change his life forever. A 14-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1,400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains, seeking his own "song" of himself

Table Of Contents

The Trance -- The Dreamrun -- Dogsong

Target audience

juvenile

Creator