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196 pp.
| Delacorte |
January, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-385-32598-3$$14.95
(4)
YA
In this sequel to The Broken Blade, fourteen-year-old Pierre continues canoeing through the wilds of Canada for a fur-trading company. He makes friends with the Ojibwe natives at Windigo Point but must still endure the constant taunting of a brutish crew member. The 1801 setting is well defined, but the episodic plotting makes the novel somewhat choppy and slow paced.