false 2870769 2 <blockquote> <p><i>Here follows the story of a most extraordinary year in the life of an Ojibwe family and of a girl named "Omakayas," or Little Frog, who lived a year of flight and adventure, pain and joy, in 1852.</i></p> </blockquote> <p>When Omakayas is twelve winters old, she and her family set off on a harrowing journey. They travel by canoe westward from the shores of Lake Superior along the rivers of northern Minnesota, in search of a new home. While the family has prepared well, unexpected danger, enemies, and hardships will push them to the brink of survival. Omakayas continues to learn from the land and the spirits around her, and she discovers that no matter where she is, or how she is living, she has the one thing she needs to carry her through.</p> <p>Richly imagined, full of laughter and sorrow, <i>The Porcupine Year</i> continues Louise Erdrich's celebrated series, which began with <i>The Birchbark House</i>, a National Book Award finalist, and continued with <i>The Game of Silence</i>, winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.</p> 2896924 1 9 2008 The Porcupine Year total:104|5:27|4:43|3:27|2:4|1:3| 104 399 197 51 5 3 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 20:36:17 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 20:21:48 -0700 2008 The Birchbark House. It becomes a National Book Award Finalist. No surprises there. Louise Erdrich writes The Game of Silence. It does slightly better than its predecessor and wins the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Very good, but still not surprising. Now...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 17:29:44 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 17:30:45 -0800 2009 Louise Erdrich has always struck me as being a particularly warm and accessible writer, for whom humor is never far away and who can write about tragic events with a poignancy that never veers into pathos.

The Porcupine Year is the third – but not the last – in the series abou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 17 16:20:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 05:23:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:09:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:09:24 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 12:57:40 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:03:27 -0700 2009 The Birchbark House and it's been sitting on my shelf, unread, for ages. Something else always sounded more enticing. But when The Porcupine Year showe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 09 08:37:08 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 06:52:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 06:55:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:56:48 -0700 2009
"This is third in a series that began with The Birchbark House. In this book Omakayas, an Ojibwe, is a teenager, and struggles with what that means in her life, as she helps her family move from their beloved island, because of increasing white settl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 12:42:04 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 12:48:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 05:42:25 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 06:10:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 19:47:38 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:03:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 17:58:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:56:28 -0700 2009 The story of an Ojibwe family who are moved north. The Porcupine Year tells of events after her brother takes a baby porcupine as his spirit guide. It seems far more geared to the 4th - 6th grade group than the 6-8 group (except for the part where the main character becomes ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 25 08:44:14 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 14:40:11 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 11:48:48 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 10:40:18 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 10 15:39:40 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 15:39:54 -0700 2008
Omakayas, or Little Frog, is now twelve winters old. Her family, members of the Ojibwe tribe, have been forced from their homes on the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker, and are now making the long journey to Lac Du Bois, where members of he...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 10:15:37 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 10:20:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 30 11:13:05 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 11:16:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 10:46:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:20:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 07:19:20 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 07:21:00 -0800 2009
If I were teaching a curriculum on Native American history I might use this book to supplement an assignment. But I was never engaged in the story (OK,...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:17:44 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 14:20:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 06:51:53 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 06:56:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2870769