Ivory and Paper

&quote;You might be in danger.&quote;Thirteen-year-old Booker leads a sheltered life in Vermont until a spellbinding relic throws him skidding into a world of magic and myths come to life. Anna is an Unangax^ teenager looking for answers after her long-absent mother reappears in her life. When a mysterious bookmark brings them together on the Aleutian Islands, they re sent on a dangerous quest to return a magical amulet to Anna s Unangan ancestors. As they adventure across islands that glow like moonstones, they cross paths with nineteenth-century chiefs, the mysterious Woman of the Volcano, and the sinister Real Raven. While their journey is tinged with the fantastic, it s based in real depictions of Unangan culture and history the first historical novel set in Unangan folklore. It s a coming-of-age-story that will resonate with young adult readers on their own journeys to discover their personal and cultural identities.