The Abduction Author:Mette Newth An Eskimo girl and her betrothed, kidnapped from their 16th-century Greenland home, are tortured and brutalized in the name of religion and science. Alternating narratives between the captives and the Norwegian adolescent who guards them poignantly parallel two worlds. Riveting, thought provoking, and demanding. For grades 8 and up. — Osuqo is su... more »spicious when the foreigners invite her and her father and Poq, the young hunter she is soon to marry, to come on board their ship, but she cannot refuse. Before anyone realizes what is happening, Osuqo's father has been murdered, and she and Poq are taken from their country and their people. In Norway, Christine is ordered to guard the two "savages" brought back from the expedition to Greenland. At first she resents her task. But as Christine watches everyone else treat Osquo and Poq like animals, she realizes that they are as human as she is and in need of her help. -- From the Back Cover« less