DEBBY DAHL EDWARDSON S first book, Whale Snow, was named an NCSS/CBC Notable, a Banks Street Best, Independent Publishers, Best Picture Book of the Year and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society. She earned an MFA at Vermont College in 2005.
My name is not easy. My name is hard like ocean ice grinding the shore or wind pounding the tundra… Luke knows his Iñupiaq name is full of sounds white people can’t say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to board...[SEE MORE]