Blessing's Bead
by Edwardson, Debby Dahl
Public HealthHistorical FictionFamilyYALSA Best Fiction for Young AdultsJunior Library Guild SelectionAlaska
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AR Book Level
4.9
AR Points
6
Word Count
39,968
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
133412 EN
About this book
In 1917, Aaluk leaves for Siberia while her sister Nutaaq remains in their Alaskan village and becomes one of the few survivors of a flu epidemic. Then in 1986, Nutaaq's great-granddaughter leaves due to a different kind of sickness.
