The Defender

In turn-of-the-century Siberia, Turgen, a widowed hunter and herbalist, becomes the target of the local shaman when he begins to protect the shy, fast-disappearing mountain rams. Turgen's only friends are a poor widow, whom he befriends and marries, and her two children.

• Fiction, Historical Fiction
• John Newbery Medal 1952 (Honor Title)
• Format: Book
• ISBN: 9789997489869