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The Birchbark House

by Louise Erdrich

See its constellation

Published
1999
Genre
Historical Fiction
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pages
250
Words
43840
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159666.The_Birchbark_House?from_search=true

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
6.1
AR interest level
MG — middle grades, 4–8
Lexile
970L
Guided reading level
T
Suggested reading age
ages 9–11

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.

Collections

Halsted - Best FriendsNY Public Library

ISBN

ISBN-13
9780063064164
ISBN-10
0063064162

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