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Chickadee (2012)

by Louise Erdrich(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0060577908 (ISBN13: 9780060577902)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

review 1: I just finished reading this beautiful book with my 9 year old daughter tonight and we can't wait to read "Makoons"! This series has helped me to imagine the lives of indigenous people in the upper Midwest during western expansion better than anything else I have read. Louise Erdrich has obviously done her research and put it into this touching series that has my daughter cheering to read the next chapter. This series should be included in social studies curriculums in schools everywhere.
review 2: I LOVED the first three books in this series. However, I was disappointed by this one. First of all, I was upset by the decision to move from the forest to the prairie. The logic the characters gave for the move seemed weak at best. I didn't feel it fit with the spir... moreit of, or the ideas presented in, the previous books. Then, the direction Chickadee's journey took seemed very unlikely. There was too much coincidence and not enough "boy in the forest relying on his own skills". The Red Road caravan dragged on with little to make it very interesting and a lot of the more interesting details left out. Then the ending was abrupt. The book was lacking depth and overall seemed so illogical that it upset me. I enjoy Erdrich's writing style. I have no quarrel with the general theme of the book. However, this was definitely NOT her finest work. I would have rated it 2 stars but I feel my experience with the previous 3 books had my hopes set very high. I think someone coming into the series AT this book would have enjoyed it more. less

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