Suzette Choudoir has spent each of her twelve summers at La Pointe Island on Lake Superior, where Ojibwe people camp by the French fur-trade fort. It is 1732 and if her papa wins the trappers' competition, the prize will let him stay with his Ojibwe family year-round instead of wintering in far-off Montréal with the other French voyageurs. But a troublemaker sabotages the competition, and Papa. Only someone who's both Ojibwe and French can figure out what's going on -- someone like Suzette.
This book includes a richly illustrated "Peak Into The Past" essay, glosseries of French and Ojibwe words, and an author's note.
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This was the first book I wrote for American Girl. I wanted to create a character who lived during the fur trade era, in what is now northern Wisconsin. Suzette, who has an Ojibwe mother and a French father, needs to use skills and knowledge from both cultures to solve a problem that threatens her family. I hope the mystery keeps you guessing!
Kathleen Ernst is an author, social historian, and educator who lives near Madison, Wisconsin. She has written two History Mysteries for Pleasant Company, and four Civil War novels. She has been nominated for an Edgar Award, and received the Arthur Tofte Award for Juvenile Fiction in 2001. Her first nonfiction book, "Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians and the Antietam Campaign" was an Alternate Selection of the History Book Club.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Suzette Choudoir has spent each of her twelve summers at La Pointe Island on Lake Superior, where Ojibwe people camp by the French fur-trade fort. It is 1732 and if her papa wins the trappers' competition, the prize will let him stay with his Ojibwe family year-round instead of wintering in far-off Montréal with the other French voyageurs. But a troublemaker sabotages the competition, and Papa. Only someone who's both Ojibwe and French can figure out what's going on -- someone like Suzette.This book includes a richly illustrated "Peak Into The Past" essay, glosseries of French and Ojibwe words, and an author's note. Seller Inventory # SONG160754427X
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