I really wanted to love this book, but everything that happened in The Barren Grounds was just way too convenient. Any quotes I use are from an unpublished copy and may not reflect the finished product. "When you take more than the land can provide, it stops giving." I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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.more
But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). 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 re Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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