Pemmican Wars
Ratings3
Average rating3.7
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Ratings3
Average rating3.7
"Echo Desjardins, a 13-year-old Métis girl adjusting to a new home and school, is struggling with loneliness while separated from her mother. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary, and Echo's life will never be the same. During Mr. Bee's lecture, Echo finds herself transported to another time and place--a bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie--and back again to the present. In the following weeks, Echo slips back and forth in time. She visits a Métis camp, travels the old fur-trade routes, and experiences the perilous and bygone era of the Pemmican Wars."--Back cover.
Series
4 primary booksA Girl Called Echo is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Katherena Vermette.
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The illustrations and coloring are lush and compelling. The story is interesting and gives insight into Métis history. Each volume is very short and ties into the next. The back gives a timeline of the history, source notes, and some biographical information of main figures. I'd like more of an explanation of how some of the symbols that Echo wears and show up in the classroom are tied to the story/culture, but overall really well done. These volumes should definitely be in every middle and high school collection.
This volume was very quiet. It forced me to be just as observant as Echo was being or possibly even more so. It was a unique experience I had not expected. The artwork is very nice. I loved it.
