{"product_id":"the-porcupine-year-9780064410304","title":"The Porcupine Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe third 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\u003eOmakayas was a dreamer who did not yet know her limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Omakayas is twelve winters old, she and her family set off on a harrowing journey in search of a new home. Pushed to the brink of survival, Omakayas continues to learn from the land and the spirits around her, and she discovers that no matter where she is, or how she is living, she has the one thing she needs to carry her through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birchbark House Series is the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America. In a starred review, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003ewrote that \u003cem\u003eThe Porcupine Year \u003c\/em\u003eis \"charming, suspenseful, and funny, and always bursting with life.\"\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":50618629292306,"sku":"9780064410304","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19198471-3cd4-438f-91ea-588b761af7b1.jpg?v=1732539261","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-porcupine-year-9780064410304","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}