Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, Chickadee is the first novel of a new arc in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich.

Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have done everything together since they were born--until the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated.

Desperate to reunite, both Chickadee and his family must travel across new territories, forge unlikely friendships, and experience both unexpected moments of unbearable heartache as well as pure happiness. And through it all, Chickadee has the strength of his namesake, the chickadee, to carry him on.

Chickadee continues the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America. School Library Journal, in a starred review, proclaimed, "Readers will be more than happy to welcome little Chickadee into their hearts."

Author: Louise Erdrich
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 08/21/2012
Series: Birchbark House #4
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780060577902
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 153160 / Chickadee


Award: 2013 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner - Historical Fiction
Award: 2013 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Seven to Ten
Award: 2013 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award Finalist - Children's Literature


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2012
Booklist 08/01/2012 pg. 76
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2012 pg. 84
School Library Journal 09/01/2012 pg. 143
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Erdrich, Louise: -

Louise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. Love Medicine and LaRose received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. Her most recent book, The Night Watchman, won the Pulitzer Prize. A ghost lives in her creaky old house.