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Author
Series
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849. 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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
xi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.
3) Chickadee
Author
Series
Birchbark House volume 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
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