Katherena Vermette A Called Echo Omnibus Paperback Book

Among CCBCs Best Books for Kids & Teens list, a starred selection of exceptional caliber! Mtis teenager Echo Desjardins is struggling to adjust to a new school and a new home. When an ordinary history class turns extraordinary, Echo is pulled into a timetravelling adventure. Follow Echo as she experiences pivotal events from Mtis history and imagines what the future might hold. This omnibus edition includes all four volumes in the A Girl Called Echo series In Pemmican Wars, Echo finds herself transported to the prairies of 1814. She witnesses a bison hunt, visits a Mtis camp, and travels the furtrade routes. Experience the perilous era of the Pemmican Wars and the events that lead to the Battle of Seven Oaks. In Red River Resistance, we join Echo on the banks of the Red River in the summer of 1869. Canadian surveyors have arrived and Mtis families, who have lived there for generations, are losing their land. As the Resistance takes hold, Echo fears for the future of her people in Red River. In Northwest Resistance, Echo travels to 1885. The bison are gone and settlers from the East are arriving in droves. The Mtis face starvation and uncertainty as both their survival and traditional way of life are threatened. The Canadian government has ignored their petitions, but hope rises with the return of Louis Riel. In Road Allowance Era, Echo returns to 1885. Louis Riel is standing trial, and the government has not fulfilled its promise of land for the Mtis. Burnt out of their... | Katherena Vermette A Called Echo Omnibus Paperback Book