TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robertson,David
TI  - The barren grounds
T2  - Book one of the Misewa saga
SN  - 9780735266124
AV  - PZ7.R54475 Bar 2021
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - [Toronto, Ont.]
PB  - Puffin Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Ltd.
KW  - Indigenous children
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Foster children
KW  - Magic
KW  - Winnipeg (Man.)
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Kirkus Starred, June 2020; Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2020; Publishers Weekly Annex, October 2020; 4.6; 5-8; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.6; 9.0; 511354; BR
N2  - "Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home--until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Ask�i, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything--including them"--Provided by publisher
ER  -