Dogsong

Dogsong is about an Eskimo child, Russel Susskit, who finds is life is kind of repetitive and boring. Once he connects with another Eskimo who's name was Oogurk who tells Russel all about how the old ways use to be and Russel gets really excited about the old ways of life. So he embarks on a journey to find and express what life use to be for these Eskimos. Russel gets to also ride on Oogurk's dog sled which is the last dog sled in the village. Russel really learns more about his village and really learns from what happened.