Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, winner, 2013
Contents:
1. The hunting spirit -- 2. Gaawiin Mashi -- 3. Reunion -- 4. Small things -- 5. Sons of Zhigaag -- 6. The way it happened -- 7. The chase -- 8. Bouyah -- 9. Into the plains -- 10. Two strike's knives -- 11. River break -- 12. The strange family -- 13. A desperate matter -- 14. Setting up home -- 15. At the mercy of two strike -- 16. The small and the fierce -- 17. The cart train -- 18. Red river trail -- 19. Uncle quill -- 20. Makoons -- 21. St. Paul -- 22. Touching earth -- 23. Return of the Bouyah -- 24. The snake nest -- 25. The wind -- Author's note on the Ojibwe language
Summary:
In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
