{"product_id":"the-porcupine-year-isbn-9780064410304","title":"The Porcupine Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe third novel in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Louise Erdrich. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOmakayas was a dreamer who did not yet know her limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Omakayas is twelve winters old, she and her family set off on a harrowing journey in search of a new home. Pushed to the brink of survival, Omakayas continues to learn from the land and the spirits around her, and she discovers that no matter where she is, or how she is living, she has the one thing she needs to carry her through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birchbark House Series is the story of one Ojibwe family’s journey through one hundred years in America. In a starred review, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003ewrote that \u003cem\u003eThe Porcupine Year \u003c\/em\u003eis “charming, suspenseful, and funny, and always bursting with life.”\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eOmakayas was a dreamer who did not yet know her limits.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Omakayas is twelve winters old, she and her family set off on a harrowing journey in search of a new home. Pushed to the brink of survival, Omakayas continues to learn from the land and the spirits around her, and she discovers that no matter where she is, or how she is living, she has the one thing she needs to carry her through.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The struggle to survive provides the exciting action in this sequel to The Birchbark House (1999) and The Game of Silence (2005), which takes place in 1852. What is left unspoken is as powerful as the story told.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Charming, suspenseful, and funny, and always bursting with life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews on The Birchbark House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Readers will want to follow this family for many seasons to come.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly on The Birchbark House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Erdrich is a talented storyteller. She has created a world, fictional but real: absorbing, funny, serious, and convincingly human.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review on The Game of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Readers who loved Omakayas and her family in The Birchbark House have ample reason to rejoice in this beautifully constructed sequel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus (starred review) on The Game of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Charming and enlightening.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The novel reinforces the strength and importance of family.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKLIATT (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The events in this installment will both delight and appall readers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888555716837,"sku":"NP9780064410304","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780064410304.jpg?v=1730229332","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-porcupine-year-isbn-9780064410304","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}