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The Winter People
Saxso is fourteen when the British soldiers attack his Canadian village. It is the year 1759, and war is raging between the British and the French, with the Abenaki people-Saxso's people-by their side. In fact, most of the men of Saxso's village are away looking for the British elsewhere on the day of the attack. There aren't enough people home to put up a proper defense, ...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
October 28th 2002
by Dial
(first published 2002)
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Julie Suzanne
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Since we teach using Code Talker, I couldn't have been more excited to meet Mr. Bruchac in person when he appeared at the Utica library to share Abenaki folk stories and music. I picked up several fiction & nonfiction titles I had never even heard about, and this one intrigued me the most because it's about a Native American conflict with the Rogers Rangers, from whom my husband proudly claims to be descended. Whoah, though, as the Rogers Rangers are portrayed as the quintessential nasty white...more
This was a good book. It was really interesting to see the "captive story" from the other perspective (as compared to Indian Captive where a white girl is taken by Native Americans). This story is about an Abenaki boy who's family is taken by "Bostoniak" (English) rangers in a raid. He then has to try and save them himself as his father was killed a few years before. This book has enough introspection to developed the main character well, but enough action to keep young reade...more
Enjoyed this story of events in the F&I war from the "other side", that of the French Canadians /Abenaki rather than the more common British pov. Good "voice"- the cadence of the writing made me 'hear' the Abenaki speech patterns rather than plain english. I liked that the ending was not pat - not quite forgiveness for the wrongs but acknowledgement that there were decent people on both sides of the conflict. Made a nice change from the typical bloodthirsty portrayal of th...more
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The story is about an Abinaki Indian living in St. Francis. The way of their village is a cross between their old ways and the integration of the Roman Catholic French. They are in a time of peace when a friend warns of a raid that will take place before the coming dawn by the Bostoniaks and the White Devil Rogers.
Saxso is 14 winters old and in charge of his family. He must keep them safe.
The moral of the story is not be bitter, keep the winter out/aka ha...more
The story is about an Abinaki Indian living in St. Francis. The way of their village is a cross between their old ways and the integration of the Roman Catholic French. They are in a time of peace when a friend warns of a raid that will take place before the coming dawn by the Bostoniaks and the White Devil Rogers.
Saxso is 14 winters old and in charge of his family. He must keep them safe.
The moral of the story is not be bitter, keep the winter out/aka ha...more
Jerrit Schramm
5-1-08
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The Winter People
This book is about a fourteen-year-old boy, named Saxon, who is growing up in a Native American Village. The book takes place during the time that the white settlers were exploring and civilizing America. At the time, the Native Americans were at that location at that particular time. The British though did not like them there so they started to launch surprise attacks on the village. The British outnumbered the Natives,...more
5-1-08
7-1
The Winter People
This book is about a fourteen-year-old boy, named Saxon, who is growing up in a Native American Village. The book takes place during the time that the white settlers were exploring and civilizing America. At the time, the Native Americans were at that location at that particular time. The British though did not like them there so they started to launch surprise attacks on the village. The British outnumbered the Natives,...more
Valuable for the traditional lore about the land and the narrator's native culture. The prose itself is pretty average, and the first several chapters are full of badfic cliches. OTOH, it's YA and really pretty decent for a boy's adventure story. There's a fair bit of horror and violence, so I would recommend for age eleven to fourteen unless the child's pretty inured to gore.
Bruchac's straightforward prose makes a difficult historical event approachable and understandable. Told from the perspective of a 14 year old boy (eager to be a warrior), the story gives a glimpse inside the lives and culture of the Abenaki as they balance their traditions with French influences.
An eye opening look at the time and a reminder that there are no winners in a war.
An eye opening look at the time and a reminder that there are no winners in a war.
Sazso is 14 and the only male left in his family. After a surprise raid by English troops, he must set out alone to rescue his mother and sisters from captivity.
An Abenaki adolescent seeks out his family after they were captured by Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War.
This book helped me realize just how important my family really is to me.
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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1759. Excellent historical novel.
French and Indian War
Tara White
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Joseph Bruchac lives with his wife, Carol, in the Adirondack mountain foothills town of Greenfield Center, New York, in the same house where his maternal grandparents raised him. Much of his writing draws on that land and his Abenaki ancestry. Although his American Indian heritage is only one part of an ethnic background that includes Slovak and English blood, those Native roots are the ones by wh...more
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