The Porcupine Year

By: Louise Erdrich

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Paperback | 11 May 2022

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Paperback
224 Pages

Age
8 - 12

Grade
03 - 07

Dimensions(cm)
19.1 x 13.3 x 1.3

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In this life-changing year for young Omakayas, white settlers are moving to the Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker. Omakayas and her family set off on a harrowing journey that takes them from the shores of Lake Superior westward, in search of a new home.

Richly imagined, full of laughter and sorrow, Kirkus Reviews called The Porcupine Year “charming and enlightening.” The Porcupine Year completes the trilogy based on the life of Omakayas that began with The Birchbark House, a National Book Award finalist, and The Game of Silence, winner of the Scott O’Dell award for historical fiction. This celebrated trilogy has already been embraced as a new American classic.

Beautiful black-and-white line art in both full-page and spot pieces, illustrated by the author, further adds to this heartwarming and powerful story.

This powerful series will ultimately span a hundred years in the life of the Ojibwe Nation.

This book contains Extras. Readers will be treated to a Q&A with the author, a map of the westward journey of Omakayas and her family, activities, and more!

Industry Reviews

"Erdrich is a talented storyteller. She has created a world, fictional but real: absorbing, funny, serious, and convincingly human." -- New York Times Book Review on The Game of Silence

"Readers who loved Omakayas and her family in The Birchbark House have ample reason to rejoice in this beautifully constructed sequel." -- Kirkus (starred review) on The Game of Silence

"Readers will want to follow this family for many seasons to come." -- Publishers Weekly on The Birchbark House

"Charming, suspenseful, and funny, and always bursting with life." -- Kirkus Reviews on The Birchbark House

"The struggle to survive provides the exciting action in this sequel to The Birchbark House (1999) and The Game of Silence (2005), which takes place in 1852. What is left unspoken is as powerful as the story told." -- Booklist (starred review)

"The novel reinforces the strength and importance of family." -- KLIATT (starred review)

"Charming and enlightening." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The events in this installment will both delight and appall readers." -- School Library Journal (starred review)

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