A review by bluenicorn
Beyond the Sea of Ice by William Sarabande

1.0

This is a true test for Joyce Saricks. I distinctly remember reading a series of books about early Native Americans when I was in fifth grade. Distinctly, because they were pretty scandalous for a 10 year old and I think that's where I first learned the mechanics of sex. And 15(ish) years later, I couldn't for the life of me figure out what those books were. Obviously, I want to re-read them and see if they were actually scandalous, or if I was as prudish as I recall being. According to Ms. Saricks' Readers' Advisory Guide to Historical Fiction, this is a contender. We shall see... (fingers crossed that it's dirty!)


***

Whoa. Um, yes, Joyce Saricks was correct. This was the book. And... wow. There were some images in here that would scar me now- I can't believe this made it into an elementary school library. Interesting parts about making clothes out of caribou and whatnot... disturbing parts about sterilizing captive women with sloth claws after suffocating their newborns with snow. Shudder.