BOOK SUMMARY
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.
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(550 words).
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