The Birchbark House
Ratings5
Average rating3.4
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Ratings5
Average rating3.4
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
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Would love to see this taught alongside Little House in the Big Woods or Little House on the Prairie. Lovely to see Omakayas' growth as the seasons change in this book, and as she encounters more complicated and heart-rending experiences.
Summary: Omakayas, a member of the Ojibwa Native American tribe, is a spirited young girl who, throughout the course of the book, learns about a special gift that she has. Her family and her tribe work hard, using the resources around them to make their living and experiencing several hardships along the way—some of them almost unspeakably painful. The book, in my opinion, is pretty slow getting started, but a little over halfway through, it starts to pick up, and it offers an excellent depiction of Native American life.
