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The porcupine year
Title:
The porcupine year
ISBN:
9780060297879

9780060297886
Edition:
First edition
Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008.
Physical Description:
193 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Prologue -- Night hunting -- Porcupine soup -- Memegwesi -- Bears and heart berries -- Prayer feathers -- path of butterflies -- Trail of ash -- capture -- Pushing on -- What was left -- Windigoo moon -- Aadizookaanag -- Cry of the dove -- Cousins -- Two strike's pain -- woman lodge -- Author's note on the Ojibwe language -- Glossary and pronunciation guide of Ojibwe terms -- few book notes.
Summary:
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.
Lexile:
840L
Accelerated Reader:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 6.0 124700.
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