TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robertson,David
TI  - The barren grounds: book one of the Misewa saga 
T2  - Misewa saga
SN  - 9780735266124
AV  - PZ7.R54475 Bar 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Puffin Canada
KW  - Indigenous children
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Foster children
KW  - Magic
KW  - Imaginary places
KW  - Survival
KW  - Winnipeg (Man.)
KW  - Manitoba
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Previously published: Toronto : Puffin Canada, 2020
N2  - "Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them."--
ER  -