The Game of Silence
Louise Erdrich
HarperCollins
<p>Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior.It is 1850, and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their 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.<p>In this captivating sequel to National Book Award nominee <i>The Birchbark House</i>, Louise Erdrich continues the story of Omakayas and her family.</p></p>