The game of silence
By: Louise Erdrich.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Ojibwa Indians -- Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America -- Superior, Lake, Region -- Juvenile fiction; Superior, Lake, Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849. Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior.It is 1850, and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. The satisfying routines of Omakayas's days are interrupted by a surprise visit from a group of desperate and mysterious people. From them, she learns that all their lives may drastically change. The chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island in Lake Superior and move farther west. Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, is in danger: Her home. Her way of life. In this captivating sequel to National Book Award nominee The Birchbark House , Louise Erdrich continues the story of Omakayas and her family.
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