Bibliograph

The game of silence, Louise Erdrich

Type

Label

The game of silence, Louise Erdrich

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The game of silence

Medium

compact disc

Oclc number

60525375

Responsibility statement

Louise Erdrich

Series statement

Birchbark House series, bk. 2

Summary

Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849. Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. It is 1850, and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. The satisfying routines of Omakayas's days are interrupted by a surprise visit from a group of desperate and mysterious people. From them, she learns that all their lives may drastically change. The chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island in Lake Superior and move farther west. Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, is in danger: Her home. Her way of life. In this captivating sequel to National Book Award nominee The Birchbark House , Louise Erdrich continues the story of Omakayas and her family

Table Of Contents

Neebin (Summer) -- Dagwaging (Fall) -- Biboon (Winter) -- Zeegwun (Spring)

Target audience

juvenile

Classification