The Winter People

Since we teach using Code Talker, I couldn't have been more excited to meet Mr. Bruchac in person when he appeared at the Utica library to share Abenaki folk stories and music. I picked up several fiction & nonfiction titles I had never even heard about, and this one intrigued me the most because it......more

Saxso is a young Indian boy who has to protect his family from anything bad. His father died from fighting at war. Saxso has 2 younger sisters and a mother. One night, there was a celebration in the village and there was a lot of music and dancing. After a while, Saxso decided to go outside to take......more

This was a good book. It was really interesting to see the "captive story" from the other perspective (as compared to Indian Captive where a white girl is taken by Native Americans). This story is about an Abenaki boy who's family is taken by "Bostoniak" (English) rangers in a raid. He then has to t......more

I really enjoyed this book. Pluses were the imagery, a few laughs in an otherwise heavy story, and I always appreciate finding something I can relate to in unexpected places. Minuses were that it felt slow to get to where it was obviously headed in the beginning, the conflicts and danger were unusua......more

This is a great book. I have taught a brief unit on the French & Indian War for many years, but this book taught me about parts of that war that I never knew. It is historical fiction for children (upper elementary), though there is enough violence and death in it that I would not recommend it to ev......more