{"product_id":"the-game-of-silence-9780064410298","title":"The Game of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Game of Silence \u003c\/em\u003eis the second novel in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Louise Erdrich. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. One day in 1850, Omakayas's island is visited by a group of mysterious people. From them, she learns that the chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island and move farther west. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat day, Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, could be in danger: Her way of life. Her home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birchbark House Series is the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America. The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003eraved about \u003cem\u003eThe Game of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e: \"Erdrich has created a world, fictional but real: absorbing, funny, serious and convincingly human.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErdrich, Louise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLouise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e won the National Book Award for Fiction. \u003cem\u003eLove Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLaRose \u003c\/em\u003ereceived the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. Her most recent book, \u003cem\u003eThe Night Watchman, \u003c\/em\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize. A ghost lives in her creaky old house.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607665643794,"sku":"9780064410298","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5bcdb4a-ef94-4f36-a7a6-352f881ce56e.jpg?v=1732311800","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-game-of-silence-9780064410298","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}