For kids who like historical fiction, Red River Girl is the story of Metis Josette Dupre. Josette is the daughter of a French voyageur and an Ojibwe woman, and she dreams of travelling east for a higher education. But when her mother dies, her restless father decides that the family will head south, to the newly founded town of St. Paul, Minnesota. There, Josette finds that she can make a place for her deams after all. Josette's journey is told in diary format, and kids will get an excellent idea about how frontier folk lived; the characters are bright and friendly, and the historical details are well researched.
Fiction
Grades 5-8
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