The Berry Pickers horror and Marie Short Bear are

and Marie Short Bear are more than characters

these original reminiscences of elders of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe bring to life the creative genius of some of Ojibwe country's most gifted storytellers

such as the migration of Anishinabe and happenings since the coming of French traders in 1544

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a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun

The Berry Pickers horror and Marie Short Bear areWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. This showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time. July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four year old Ruthie, the family's youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six year old brother, Joe,