The Game of Silence was written by Louise Erdrich. It was published by Harper Collins in 2006. This chapter book is a historical fiction story written from the perspective of a Native American girl. It won the Scott O'Dell Award in 2006. The main theme of this story is change. The story is intended for children in middle school or high school. The main character of this story is Omakayas, or Little Frog, a young girl from the Ojibwe tribe. She enjoys her routines. The tribe builds birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. But these pleasant routines are interrupted by the appearance of the white man asking them to leave and move west. Omakayas doesn't want to go, and she realizes that she took her quiet life for granted. This book is great for middle school and is a great way to teach about Native American culture.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Game of Silence
The Game of Silence was written by Louise Erdrich. It was published by Harper Collins in 2006. This chapter book is a historical fiction story written from the perspective of a Native American girl. It won the Scott O'Dell Award in 2006. The main theme of this story is change. The story is intended for children in middle school or high school. The main character of this story is Omakayas, or Little Frog, a young girl from the Ojibwe tribe. She enjoys her routines. The tribe builds birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. But these pleasant routines are interrupted by the appearance of the white man asking them to leave and move west. Omakayas doesn't want to go, and she realizes that she took her quiet life for granted. This book is great for middle school and is a great way to teach about Native American culture.
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