Trouble at Fort La Pointe, Kathleen Ernst
Trouble at Fort La Pointe, Kathleen Ernst
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Trouble at Fort La Pointe

Author: Kathleen Ernst

Narrator: Carine Montbertrand

Unabridged: 4 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/25/2008


Synopsis

Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery: In 1732, a twelve-year-old girl of Ojibwe and French heritage must clear her father of a stealing charge—or risk being separated from him forever

Suzette Choudoir always looks forward to summer, when her family leaves the Ojibwe people’s winter camp and returns to the summer gathering place on La Pointe Island. This year her papa, a French fur trader, hopes to win a trappers’ competition. If he does, he can remain with his family year-round, instead of paddling away to far-off Montreal in autumn. When someone steals a bale of valuable furs, however, suspicion falls on Papa.

Determined to find the real thief, Suzette gathers clues and tries to track down the missing furs. But it will take all of her courage to clear her father’s name. If she can’t, her family will be forced to leave La Pointe Island in disgrace, and Suzette—a black-haired, blue-eyed girl of mixed cultural heritage—may never find a true home.

About Kathleen Ernst

Bestselling author Kathleen Ernst is the award-winning writer of adult mysteries, historical fiction, and nonfiction history books for adults and young readers. Kathleen has a master's degree in history education and writing from Antioch University. She lives near Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband, Scott.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Panda on October 13, 2020

I thought that this mystery was relatively average, but I am giving the book four stars for its uniqueness and well-researched cultural setting. The story follows a mixed race girl as she navigates different tensions in her family and community, and the author does an excellent job of illustrating c......more

Goodreads review by Emily on September 17, 2019

I first read this book when it came out. I was ten. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I even did now. Maybe because it took me longer to read. But it was a cool setting about an interesting group of people. It’s 1723. 100 years after the mayflower first landed in Massachusetts but still several decades f......more

Goodreads review by Bulk on March 05, 2022

I was nervous to read this because I couldn’t stand the Kaya books, but also optimistic because I have enjoyed this author in the past. The final result is that this book is pretty middling. I wasn’t bored, but I wasn’t all that engrossed either. The mystery portion of this book kind of confused me,......more

Goodreads review by James on February 17, 2016

This story is about a girl named Suzette Chaoudoir, who is part French, part Ojibwe Indian. Her father is a trapper and has entered a contest about who can get the most skins. If he loses, he would have to spend time away from his family, working with other trappers. Things start off bad when the ca......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on June 22, 2022

Interesting storyline - I enjoyed the culture parts of the story......more