More Young Adult Books Set in Alaska
Dogsong
An Interdisciplinary Teaching Unit
Unit Plan By:
Janis C. Harless
Graduate Student
Library Science Department
Appalachian State University
"You must leave with the dogs. Run along and find yourself. When you leave me you must head north and take meat and see the country. When you do that you will become a man."
Oogruk
Author: Gary Paulsen
Grade Level: 7
Genre: Adventure
Synopsis: In this novel 14-year-old Russel goes on a quest for manhood and enlists the assistance of Oogruk, an Eskimo shaman. Oogruk encourages Russel to abandon his modern culture and to find his own "song." In a venture of self-discovery, Russel heeds his mentor's instructions and sets off with his dogsled team on an icy trek across the Alaskan wilderness.
