Sequel to: The game of silence.

Sequel: Chickadee.

Includes glossary and pronunciation guide of Ojibwe terms.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue -- Night hunting -- Porcupine soup -- The Memegwesi -- Bears and heart berries -- Prayer feathers -- The path of butterflies -- Trail of ash -- The capture -- Pushing on -- What was left -- Windigoo moon -- Aadizookaanag -- Cry of the dove -- Cousins -- Two strike's pain -- The woman lodge -- Author's note on the Ojibwe language -- Glossary and pronunciation guide of Ojibwe terms -- A few book notes.

In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.

Notable book for a global society, 2009