The Porcupine Year

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The Porcupine Year
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Author Louise Erdrich
Audio read byChristina Moore
Series"The Birchbark Series"
Publisher Harper Collins
Publication date
2008
Publication place United States
ISBN 9780064410304
Preceded by The Game of Silence (2005) 
Followed by Chickadee (2012) 

The Porcupine Year is a 2008 novel by Louise Erdrich. It is the third novel in "The Birchbark House" series that began with The Birchbark House . [1] It continues to follow the family of the Ojibwe girl Omakayas ("little frog").

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References

  1. "The Birchbark House". National Book Foundation . Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.