Ghost Hands

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Auki’s name means “little hunter,” but he’s still anxiously awaiting the day when he’ll be allowed to join his father and the other villagers on their annual hunt.

“Wait another year,” his father tells him summer after summer. But Auki knows he’s ready. He decides to prove himself worthy of the hunt—and his name.

When Auki defies his father and sneaks out at dawn with spear in hand, he discovers something unexpected—a place he never knew existed. A place that teaches him more about his people—and himself—than a hunt ever could.

In this powerful story of courage and transformation, T. A. Barron and William Low imagine an answer to the mystery behind the Patagonian Cave of the Hands—and the lone footprint hidden there.


Hardback ISBN: 978-0-399-25083-5

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