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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Louise Erdrich |
| ISBN: | 9780060297879 0060297875 9780060297886 0060297883 |
| OCLC Number: | 212908636 |
| Notes: | Sequel to: The game of silence. Sequel: Chickadee. |
| Awards: | Notable book for a global society, 2009 |
| Description: | 193 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue -- Night hunting -- Porcupine soup -- The Memegwesi -- Bears and heart berries -- Prayer feathers -- The path of butterflies -- Trail of ash -- The capture -- Pushing on -- What was left -- Windigoo moon -- Aadizookaanag -- Cry of the dove -- Cousins -- Two strike's pain -- The woman lodge -- Author's note on the Ojibwe language -- Glossary and pronunciation guide of Ojibwe terms -- A few book notes. |
| Responsibility: | Louise Erdrich. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.
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