The life on a low-lying island on the Bering Strait is protrayed through Norman Kokeok, seven years old, and his family. The author visits in all seasons and found the villagers living a somewhat traditional life (hunting is vital), although 'Eskimos don't live in igloos.' This 1992 book would serve well for group discussion even in high school, especailly when considering the efforts since the Dawes Act of 1887 to provide Indians with skills to enter the modern world or leave them to eke out a living traditionally. Today I imagine this is one of the many, many villages doomed as sea level rises. Note the picture of the pile of air freight--highly subsidized USPS parcel post rates allow supplies to be flown in.

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