This book follows Minik, an Eskimo boy brought to New York City from Greenland when he was only 8-years-old. His father and the other's brought quickly die and leave him alone. Based on a true story, this is worth reading! ( )

Suppose you visit a museum. You gaze into exhibits depicting the life of your town, your neighborhood, your family. Suppose, instead, you are the exhibit that people come to see? Imagine that as you walk through the exhibit preparation area you discover the bones of your father, cleaned, labeled, and ready for exhibition. Smiler’s Bones relates the story of Minik, the only remaining survivor of the six Eskimos Robert Peary took back to display in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Explorer Robert Peary brings six Eskimos to a New York City museum to be a living exhibit. Qisuk, known as "Smiler," and his son Minik are part of the exhibit. Four of the Eskimos die, including Smiler, and one Eskimo returns to Greenland. Minik spends twelve years at the museum amid lies and deception, in search of the truth and a way to survive.