The winter people / Joseph Bruchac.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Dial Books, c2002.Description: 168 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0803726945
- 0803727046
- Abenaki Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Canada, Eastern -- Fiction
- United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Juvenile fiction
- Canada -- History -- 1755-1763 -- Fiction
- Québec (Québec) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Bruchac, Joseph | Available | 33111004442725 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Saxso is fourteen when the British soldiers attack his Canadian village. It is the year 1759, and war is raging between the British and the French, with the Abenaki people-Saxso's people-by their side. In fact, most of the men of Saxso's village are away looking for the British elsewhere on the day of the attack. There aren't enough people home to put up a proper defense, and the village is destroyed. Many people are killed and some are taken hostage, including Saxso's own mother and two younger sisters. It's up to Saxso, on his own, to track the raiders and bring his family back home.
Riveting and poignant, this novel sheds new light on history, offering the fascinating untold story of the Abenaki perspective on the French and Indian War. Joseph Bruchac is acclaimed for his novels about Native American history and culture, and he is at his very best with this tale of family and community, courage and sacrifice.
As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.