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This living book will effectively engage children as they delve into the captivating world of the pioneering Robertson family. Through each page, young readers are transported back in time to experience the rich tapestry of daily life on the frontier. The stories, filled with adventure, resilience, and the spirit of exploration, invite children to accompany the Robertsons on their journey of survival and growth. Each narrative is complemented by factual information that provides context and historical accuracy, allowing children to grasp not just the story but the intricacies of the era.
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An award-winning Maritime children’s classic back in print, with a new introductory note by Sable Island researcher Zoe Lucas.
If Willie could have his dream, he would go to Sable Island and ride free over the sand dunes on the back of a wild horse.
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Finding the wounded rebel in the barn was just the beginning of Deborah’s troubles. If she is caught hiding Dan, her family will be branded as traitors and their barn burned. If she turns him over to the sheriff, he will be hanged! Deborah is torn between a father she has always trusted to be right, and the wounded boy who begs for her help. A gripping story of divided loyalty.
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Edward turned to follow the others as a cannon exploded. The powder charge was too great. Men fell to the deck screaming, but Edward could not hear them, for the blast had been deafening?
Book 3 of the Circle of Silver Chronicles is an exciting adventure on the lakes during the War of 1812.
- ISBN: 9780773762282
- Author: Maxine Trottier
- 212 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Meet Elijah, the first child born free in Buxton, Ontario—a safe haven for those who escaped slavery across the border from Detroit. At just eleven years old, Elijah is bright, spirited, and full of questions about his world—and about the one his parents and friend Mr. Leroy left behind in America.
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Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom.
- ISBN: 9780143187899
- Author: Barbara Smucker
- 160 pages
- Ages 8-12
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This First Nations perspective of the time of Little House on the Prairie, gives a sweet alternate view to the pioneering stories. These books do not disappoint!
Omakayas, a young Ojibway girl, lives with her family on an island in Lake Superior around 1847.
- ISBN: 9780123453563
- Author: Louise Erdich
- Ages: 8-12
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Omakayas, a young Ojibway girl, lives with her family on an island in Lake Superior around 1847. Erdrich, drawing on her family’s history, tells us the story from the First Nations perspective.
A fresh new look for this National Book Award finalist by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Louise Erdrich! This is the first installment in an essential nine-book series chronicling one hundred years in the life of one Ojibwe family and includes charming interior black-and-white artwork done by the author. (5 books in series with more to come)
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Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have done everything together since the day they were born—until the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated.
- ISBN: 9780060577926
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- 224 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. One day in 1850, Omakayas′s island is visited by a group of mysterious people. From them, she learns that the chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island and move farther west.
That day, Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, could be in danger: Her way of life. Her home.
- ISBN: 9780064410298
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- 288 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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This sequel to George’s Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves continues the story of Julie Edwards Miyax Kapugen, now living in the Eskimo village of Kangik with her father, Kapugen. Julie worries that her father will shoot the wolves if they threaten the herd he is raising as part of the village’s industry.
Julie’s decision to return home to her people is not an easy one. But after many months in the wilderness, living in harmony with the wolves that saved her life, she knows the time has come.
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To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax: to her penpal in San Francisco, she is Julie. After an incident, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness.
With food and time running out, Miyax tries to survive by copying the ways of a pack of wolves. Accepted by their leader and befriended by a feisty pup named Kapu, she soon grows to love her new wolf family. Life in the wilderness is a struggle, but when she finds her way back to civilization, Miyax is torn between her old and new lives. Is she Miyax of the Eskimos, or Julie of the wolves?
