02072cam a2200373 i 4500 476965721 TxAuBib 20210115120000.0 200901s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019955922 9780735266100 0735266107 TxAuBib rda Robertson, David, 1977- The barren grounds / David A. Robertson. Canada : Puffin Books, [2020] Canada : Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, 2020. 247 pages : map ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Misewa saga "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, Ask©Ư, 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." -- Jacket. 680L Lexile. 20210115. Foster children Juvenile fiction. Doorways Juvenile fiction. Imaginary places Juvenile fiction. Quests (Expeditions) Juvenile fiction. Rescues Juvenile fiction. Canada Juvenile fiction. Fantasy fiction. Misewa saga.