HOPSON, Nasuġraq Rainey. Eagle Drums. NY: Roaring Brook Press [2023]. 8vo, [viii] 245pp. Mustard boards with spine stamped in gold. Turquoise endpapers; 24 full-page color illustrations. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). 

 

First edition. 2024 Newbery Honor Book! A magical, realistic middle-grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition still celebrated in times of bounty among the Iñupiaq. Eagle Drums is part cultural folklore, part origin myth told with beautiful, full-color art throughout.