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The Birchbark House

reception — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:12:39 +0000

She was named Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakayas and her family live on an island in Lake Superior. Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land, life continues much as it always has. But the satisfying rhythms of their life are shattered when a [...]

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The Red Sash

AWiebe — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:07:40 +0000

The Red Sash is the story of a young Metis boy who lives near the fur trading post of Fort William, on Lake Superior, nearly 200 years ago. His father spends the long winter months as a guide, leading voyageurs into the northwest to trade with native people for furs. Now it is Rendezvous, when the [...]

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Canadian Crusoes

AWiebe — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:57:17 +0000

This absorbing story about three children of Scottish and French origin who become lost on the Rice Lake Plains in the late eighteenth century provides the author with an opportunity to contemplate important themes of Canadian literature and identity.

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