| Description |
viii, 191 p. : map ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
Companion to: The broken blade. |
| Indexed In: |
Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001 |
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School Library Journal, February 1999 |
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Booklist starred, February 1999 |
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Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1999 |
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Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 1999 |
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Book Report, September 1999 |
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Kirkus Review, December 1998 |
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Kliatt, May 2001 |
| Summary |
In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share. |
| Audience |
6.3 |
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5-8 Follett Library Resources |
| Subject |
Fur traders -- Fiction.
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Ojibwa Indians -- Fiction.
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Native Americans -- Canada -- Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Canada -- History -- 1763-1867 -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0385325983 |
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