Louise Erdrich
23) The beet queen
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
[1986]
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Orphaned fourteen-year-old Carl and his eleven-year-old sister, Mary, travel to Argus, North Dakota, to live with their mother's sister, in this tale of abandonment, sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love.
24) Chickadee
Author
Series
Birchbark house volume 4
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 196 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
25) Makoons
Author
Series
Birchbark house volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
156 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Named for the Ojibwe word for little bear, Makoons and his twin, Chickadee, have traveled with their family to the Great Plains of 1860s Dakota Territory. There they must learn to become buffalo hunters and once again help their people make a home in a new land. But Makoons has had a vision that foretells great challenges -- challenges that his family may not be able to overcome. (Based on the author's own family history.)
27) Tracks
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance--yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. The reader will experience shock and pleasure in encountering a group of characters...
30) Jacklight
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pub. Date
[1984]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 85 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
33) The bingo palace
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump Inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen"--