The Game of Silence -- Louise Erdrich

<p><strong>Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, <em>The Game of Silence </em>is the second novel in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author Louise Erdrich. </strong></p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>The Birchbark House Series is the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America. The <em>New York Times Book Review </em>raved about <em>The Game of Silence</em>: "Erdrich has created a world, fictional but real: absorbing, funny, serious and convincingly human."</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Louise Erdrich<br><b>Publisher:</b> HarperCollins<br><b>Published:</b> 06/13/2006<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.40lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.69h x 5.30w x 0.63d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780064410298<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.9<br><b>Point Value:</b> 9<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>87