Dogsong Author:Gary Paulsen In the Old Days There Were Songs — Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. — Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that... more » celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a strange, powerful dream of a long-ago self and by a burning desire to find his own song, Russel takes Oogruk's dogs on an epic journey of self-discovery that will change his life forever.« less