Chickadee

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Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have spent their days side by side and have done everything together since they were bornuntil the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated.

Now, on a quest to reunite, Chickadee and his family will travel across new territories, forge unlikely friendships, and experience both unexpected moments of unbearable heartache as well as pure happiness. And through it all, Chickadee has the strength of his namesake, the chickadee, to carry him on.

The Birchbark House books have received much acclaim and numerous starred reviews.The novel that began the series, The Birchbark House, was a National Book Award finalist, andits sequel, The Game of Silence, won the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction.

Launching a new arc in the celebrated series, Chickadee follows the adventures of the next generation in an Ojibwe familys journey through one hundred years in America. Charming pencil drawings by Louise Erdrich, jacket art byLouise and her daughter, and a glossary of Ojibwe words complete the package.

Reviews

"A beautifully evolving story of an indigenous American family. " -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Erdrich's storytelling is masterful. Readers will be more than happy to welcome little Chickadee into their hearts." -- School Library Journal (starred review)

"Readers will absorb the history lesson almost by osmosis; their full attention will be riveted on the story. Every detail anticipates readers' interest." -- The Horn Book

"In the fourth book in Erdrich's award-winning Birchbark House series, the focus moves to a new generation. As always, the focus is on the way-of-life details as much as the adventure. Most affecting are the descriptions of Makoons' loneliness without his brother." -- ALA Booklist

"Set around the same time period as the ever-popular Little House books, the Birchbark House series has become a classic narrative in its own right. Delightful." -- Brightly

"The pleasures of reading the series are not unlike those of reading Laura Ingalls Wilder: Discovering an earlier time in our country through stories of the daily lives of children." -- Newsday.com

GLOWING PRAISE FOR THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE SERIES: "Based on Erdrich's own family history, the mischievous celebration will move readers, and so will the anger and sadness. What is left unspoken is as powerful as the story told." -- Booklist (starred review)

"[A] lyrical narrative. Readers will want to follow this family for many seasons to come." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Readers who loved Omakayas and her family in The Birchbark House (1999) have ample reason to rejoice in this beautifully contstructed sequel ... Hard not to hope for what comes next for this radiant nine-year old." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Erdrich's charming pencil drawings interspersed throughout and her glossary of Ojibwe terms round out a beautiful offering." -- School Library Journal (starred review)

"Erdrich's gifts are many, and she has given readers another tale full of rich details of 1850's Ojibwe life, complicated supporting characters, and all the joys and challenges of a girl becoming a woman." -- Horn Book (starred review)

"Why has no one written this story before" -- ALA Booklist (boxed review)

"The Birchbark House establishes its own ground, in the vicinity of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books." -- New York Times Book Review

"Erdrich's captivating tale of four seasons portrays a deep appreciation of our environment, our history, and our Native American sisters and brothers." -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

Louise Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and is the author of many bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. She lives in Minnesota with her family, where she runs an independent bookstore, The Birchbark House. You can visit her online at www.louiseerdrichbooks.com.