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Inspired by an Eskimo shaman, Russel Suskitt takes a dog team and sled to escape the modern ways of his village and to find his own "song" of himself. "Enough gritty realism to satisfy the most adventure-hungry readers."--School Library Journal.

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In Dogsong, a young 14-year-old Eskimo boy decides to go on a journey to the North to discover how to hunt in the old ways with his dogs so he could find out how the song goes in the past. Russel is seeking to answers from the past, there was nobody that can help him on the way to the North he... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

In Dogsong, a young 14-year-old Eskimo boy decides to go on a journey to the North to discover how to hunt in the old ways with his dogs so he could find out how the song goes in the past. Russel is seeking to answers from the past, there was nobody that can help him on the way to the North he must do it alone. He gets all different kinds of dream. How would he survive? This journey might change his life forever.

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RUSSEL SUSSKIT rolled out of the bunk and put his feet on the floor and listened in the darkness to the sounds of morning.

Table of Contents edit see section history

The Trance
The Dreamrun
Dogsong

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Gary Paulsen (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Aladdin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN: 0689804091
Page Count: 192

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Mild violence, references to rape

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