The arrival late one night of a mysterious stranger sets off alarm bells in twelve-year old Meggie’s head. But Mo, her gentle bookbinder father, lets the odd little man into their farmhouse and sends his daughter back to bed. Instead, she listens at the door while Dustfinger, for that is the stranger’s name, [...]
The only son of wealthy noble parents, sixteen year-old Silvano lives for hunting with his falcon, visiting the family farms with his father, enjoying the entertainments of Perugia with his best friend, Gervasio, and worshipping the beautiful Angelica from afar. But when Angelica’s husband is stabbed in the street with Silvano’s dagger, the young [...]
Shortly after the birth of his son, Wolverine, The-man-with-no-eyebrows visits Paaliaq to arrange a marriage between Wolverine and Paaliaq’s infant daughter, Breath. But Paaliaq, irritated by his daughter’s crying and The-man-with-no-eyebrows’ quiet amusement at his discomfort, bad-temperedly turns down the match and curses his baby son. When Wolverine reaches marriageable age, Paliaaq swears, [...]
When an elderly Inuit woman, who is frequently forced to rely upon her neighbours for food, finds a small orphaned bear cub, she adopts him as her son and names him Kunikdjuaq. The little bear shares the old woman’s meager meals, plays with the village children, and forms a deep and abiding attachment to [...]
