Books like Him standing by Richard Wagamese
Lucas Smoke, a gifted young Ojibway wood‑carver, learns his craft from his grandfather and soon attracts the attention of a stranger who offers a sizable advance to create a spirit mask. The mask, intended to represent a master, demands that Lucas find its face in his dreams. As those dreams grow more unsettling, Lucas feels his life change, and the mask begins to exert control. A chance meeting with an old woman reveals the master’s identity: Him Standing, an ancient sorcerer and powerful wizard. The more Lucas works on the mask, the closer Him Standing comes to emerging from the dream world into the living world. Lucas now faces a race against time and forces of darkness to stop the wizard’s return.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Richard Wagamese
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