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Trouble at Fort La Pointe

Kathleen Ernst

Edgar Award Nominee
Best Children's Mystery

"Celebrating Diversity: Great Reads Featuring Multicultural Families" List,
Adoptive Families Magazine

Suzette Choudoir has spent each of her twelve summers at La Pointe Island on Lake Superior, where Ojibwe people camp by the French fur-trade fort. It is 1732 and if her papa wins the trappers' competition, the prize will let him stay with his Ojibwe family year-round instead of wintering in far-off Montréal with the other French voyageurs. But a troublemaker sabotages the competition, and Papa. Only someone who's both Ojibwe and French can figure out what's going on -- someone like Suzette.

"This American Girl History Mystery is a delight. ...The author has included at the end an overview of fur trading in the Lake area and the relationship between the Ojibwa and the newcomers, but the perceptive listener will have already absorbed much of this history through the gripping story."

--KLIATT (Audiobook Review)

"Ernst's...addressing of cross-cultural issues within the context of a gripping story is the strength of the book."

--Multicultural Review

"The tension and value of being of mixed blood are portrayed throughout...the story moves well and reveals much about the life of French and Indian traders and the culture in this region."

--Children's Literature

"Ernst has written a well-plotted mystery and does a commendable job of integrating setting and cultural details into the story."

--Booklist

This beautifully illustrated book contains an author's note explaining fact from fiction, and a resource list teachers will find helpful. For a preview of Trouble at Fort La Pointe, click HERE.

Trouble at Fort La Pointe

Kathleen Ernst

Edgar Award Nominee Best Children's Mystery

Edgar Award Nominee
Best Children's Mystery