Birchbark House The Porcupine Year, Book 3, (Paperback)

from bluemopitz

Great sequel to the Birchbark House and the Game of Silence. This book has a great flow and was fun to read. The hardships that befall the family are heartbreaking, but their strong spirits triumph in the face of disaster. I especially enjoyed Pinch/Quill in this book. His medicine animal the por...

from shelf-employed

The Porcupine Year, sequel to The Birchbark House and The Game of Silence, continues the adventures of an Anishinabe, or Ojibwe girl, Omakayas (Little Frog). In The Porcupine Year, so named for the porcupine "medicine animal" that befriends Omakayas' brother, Omakayas is now twelve years old and ...

from satyridae

At times hilarious and at others harrowing, this third book in the Birchbark House series is really good. Pinch/Quill comes into his own here as something other than the annoying little brother, and Omakayas is a teenager. The multi-generational family is limned adequately, but I would have liked...

from sweetiegherkin

An American Indian family goes through many trials as they most move to a new home in the mid-1800s. I picked this title up because I've enjoyed Erdrich's books for adults in the past and wanted to try one of her books for children. Somehow I missed the obvious note on the cover that this was par...

from ginaolivas

Summary: "The Porcupine Year" told a story of a little girl named Omakayas. In the beginning her and her brother get into some trouble when the rapids of a river take them to a place where they have to fend for themselves. The brother and sister make it back to their village. The family then must...