| The Birchbark House Contributor(s): Erdrich, Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786814543 ISBN-13: 9780786814541 Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: In the first of a cycle of novels partly based on her own family history, Erdrich offers a compelling and original saga, told from the point of view of a young Ojibwa girl on an island in Lake Superior in 1847. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98046366 |
| Lexile Measure: 970 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 244 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 36398 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: [In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family's history, wants to tell about 'us', from the inside. The Birchbark House establishes its own ground, in the vicinity of Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' books. --The New York Times Book Review |