Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. One day in 1850, Omakayas's island is visited by a group of mysterious people. From them, she learns that the chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island and move farther west. That day, Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, could be in danger: Her way of life. Her home.

About the Author
Louise Erdrich is the author of fifteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, short stories, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. The Plague of Doves won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and her debut novel, Love Medicine, was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Erdrich has received the Library of Congress Prize in American Fiction, the prestigious PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore.

Reviews
"Memorable." -- Chicago Tribune "Full of humor, richness and heart." -- Wisconsin State Journal


Awards
Winner of ALA Booklist Editors' Choice (United States) and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction (United States) and Horn Book Fanfare (United States) and New York Times Notable (United States) and Kirkus Reviews Editors' Choice (United States) and ALA Notable Children's Book (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9780064410298
Author Louise Erdrich
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 177g
Dimensions(mm) 194mm * 130mm * 15mm